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West by Sea: A Treasure Hunt That Spans the Globe

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West by Sea: A Treasure Hunt That Spans the Globe
AuthorsMichelle Beale and Edward Beale
Cover artistEdward K. Beale
LanguageEnglish
GenreTravel
PublisherExpeditionaire
Publication date
February 2016
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages144
ISBN978-0-692-38310-0

West by Sea is an armchair treasure hunt book in the form of a travel journal. It was written by Michelle M. B. Beale, designed by Edward K. Beale, and published in February 2016. It contains concealed clues to the location of a hidden object.

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West by Sea is a travelogue written by a brain cancer survivor about 105 days spent circumnavigating the globe by ship.[1] Each page describes one day of the journey, and includes two photographs, the daily position and weather, and a quote. Written in first person present tense, the story is a chronological narrative account. The narrative about the voyage includes stops at 40 ports in 28 countries on 6 continents, starting and ending in Sydney, Australia.

Major ports in chronological order include:[2]

Prerelease development

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The book started as a project on Kickstarter to help maintain a blog via satellite from the ship.[3] The campaign generated over $10,000US from 153 backers on four continents.[4]

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