is the last of the explorers. Definitely one of the greatest travelers of the myth of this century and the previous one. A Ulysses, in spite of seventy years, has not yet dropped anchor. Why, he says, "there is still much to discover." Tim Severin has begun to dream as a child. A twenty-year-old student at Oxford, took the bag: riding a Norton provides gas to China from Venice along the route of Marco Polo. Then, read the "Navigatio Sancti Brendani" written by Brendan, the Irish monaco V-VI century who has traveled seven years at sea in search of Paradise, and traces the company: with a boat built with the techniques of 1500 years ago. Not satisfied, recreates the myth of Jason and the search of the Golden Fleece, sailing on a boat-clone of the Bronze Age, and young lost Odysseus to Ithaca. Again, set sail from Muscat, Oman to China on a ship en route to Arab Sindbad the Sailor.
Her life becomes one with the legend. Follows in the footsteps of the first crusade to Jerusalem, faces the Pacific on a raft to prove that the Chinese have achieved America before Columbus, riding in the Mongolian steppes in search of the tomb of Genghis Khan. Pursues even the fins of Moby Dick, Melville's albino sperm whale, and found it really existed. Notes, filming everything: his books and documentaries are stealing all awards, including the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society.
Travel, in truth, always look backwards. "I began my adventures in time when it was little left to explore on Earth. I guessed, however, that there must be a new dimension: the connection between history, geography and myth. With this fourth dimension I was able to take a step back in time and geographical space, becoming a traveler over time, "he says.
Severin, who now lives in the Irish countryside of Timoleague, said that his was an escalation. "Having spent a good part of my life to gather information on the legends of great trips, I decided it was time to get involved."
this point, and also the secret. "I think there is still much to discover. Those who set out to turn the pages of an atlas, it must do everything to satisfy his curiosity. And if his research does not find answers to the question that was posed in the beginning, then he must leave. And from here begins the journey. The important thing, though, if you decide to travel, you do so with an idea research. Only then can you achieve personal discoveries. "
remains to be seen if there is still something to be discovered. Last Ulysses believes so. "The immense depth of the oceans, for example, about which we know even less of what we know of the moon. Or, the heart of the Amazon rainforest: hiding under the leaves of its trees? And yet, the basement: with modern technology you can start exploring new observations, looking for traces of ancient civilizations and archeology traditional would never have come to light. Today you can still make fundamental discoveries, such as that of the tomb of Tutankhamun. "
it is an invitation to dream. "If I had twenty years that I'd do it again? Meanwhile, do not exclude that one day, maybe I will venture on a new journey. That said, if I had to start over, choose one of the many unsolved mysteries. We do not know, for example, in pre-Columbian times there had been contacts between the Americas and China across the Pacific Ocean. "
Had twenty years now, however, would have seen a lot. "Young people today have seen a lot, but not all the wonders of the world. The risk is that you travel in search of that glory may be disappointed: the TV screens only show us more the best part of things. "
Needless to say that his "fire" has not yet turned off. "Actually, I keep traveling, writing novels." Has published a "Viking Trilogy", has now opened a new branch, pirate, featuring the fictional character Hector Lynch ("The Route of the Corsairs 'and' The Buccaneer of Jamaica", Editrice Nord). "Writing these books is already in itself an adventure. Both stimulating and those who do to prepare my shipments. I read journals and logbooks of men who boarded as buccaneers and pirates in the second half of the seventeenth century. Some are amazing: the reality may really beyond the imagination. "
Her life becomes one with the legend. Follows in the footsteps of the first crusade to Jerusalem, faces the Pacific on a raft to prove that the Chinese have achieved America before Columbus, riding in the Mongolian steppes in search of the tomb of Genghis Khan. Pursues even the fins of Moby Dick, Melville's albino sperm whale, and found it really existed. Notes, filming everything: his books and documentaries are stealing all awards, including the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society.
Travel, in truth, always look backwards. "I began my adventures in time when it was little left to explore on Earth. I guessed, however, that there must be a new dimension: the connection between history, geography and myth. With this fourth dimension I was able to take a step back in time and geographical space, becoming a traveler over time, "he says.
Severin, who now lives in the Irish countryside of Timoleague, said that his was an escalation. "Having spent a good part of my life to gather information on the legends of great trips, I decided it was time to get involved."
this point, and also the secret. "I think there is still much to discover. Those who set out to turn the pages of an atlas, it must do everything to satisfy his curiosity. And if his research does not find answers to the question that was posed in the beginning, then he must leave. And from here begins the journey. The important thing, though, if you decide to travel, you do so with an idea research. Only then can you achieve personal discoveries. "
remains to be seen if there is still something to be discovered. Last Ulysses believes so. "The immense depth of the oceans, for example, about which we know even less of what we know of the moon. Or, the heart of the Amazon rainforest: hiding under the leaves of its trees? And yet, the basement: with modern technology you can start exploring new observations, looking for traces of ancient civilizations and archeology traditional would never have come to light. Today you can still make fundamental discoveries, such as that of the tomb of Tutankhamun. "
it is an invitation to dream. "If I had twenty years that I'd do it again? Meanwhile, do not exclude that one day, maybe I will venture on a new journey. That said, if I had to start over, choose one of the many unsolved mysteries. We do not know, for example, in pre-Columbian times there had been contacts between the Americas and China across the Pacific Ocean. "
Had twenty years now, however, would have seen a lot. "Young people today have seen a lot, but not all the wonders of the world. The risk is that you travel in search of that glory may be disappointed: the TV screens only show us more the best part of things. "
Needless to say that his "fire" has not yet turned off. "Actually, I keep traveling, writing novels." Has published a "Viking Trilogy", has now opened a new branch, pirate, featuring the fictional character Hector Lynch ("The Route of the Corsairs 'and' The Buccaneer of Jamaica", Editrice Nord). "Writing these books is already in itself an adventure. Both stimulating and those who do to prepare my shipments. I read journals and logbooks of men who boarded as buccaneers and pirates in the second half of the seventeenth century. Some are amazing: the reality may really beyond the imagination. "
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