
Racundra's First Cruise is Arthur Ransome's account of Racundra's maiden voyage, which took place in August and September 1922. The cruise took him from Riga, in Latvia to Helsingfors (Helsinki) in Finland, via the Moon Sound and Reval (Tallinn) in Estonia and back. His first...

This new edition of Racundra's First Cruise includes the original maps, text and photos from the 1923 first edition, of which only 1500 copies were printed.





"Racundra's First Cruise" is a definitive masterpiece of maritime travel literature, chronicling Arthur Ransome's adventurous maiden voyage through the eastern Baltic Sea. Aboard the custom-built ketch "Racundra", Ransome explores the intricate coastlines of Latvia and Estonia,...