Hippolyte's island
By: Barbara Hodgson.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Description: In search of a new adventure, Hippolyte Webb, quixotic spirit, modern-day explorer, and natural historian, sets his sights on the Auroras, a group of tiny islands in the middle of the South Atlantic. His destination wouldn't be so unusual, except that these islands were last spotted almost two hundred years ago. Equipped with a centuries-old map, an inadequate sailboat, and an advance payment for a book about his quest, Hippolyte embarks on an unforgettable voyage, not just through unfamiliar seas but through the uncharted territory of his own mind and heart.--from Publisher description (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/00050839-d.html).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-281).
1 map laid in.