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Across the Pacific is a 1942 American spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. It was directed first by John Huston, then by Vincent Sherman after Huston joined the United States Army Signal Corps. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet. Despite the title, the action never progresses ...
Side-Wheelers Across the Pacific (1942) The Panama Route, 1848–1869 (1943) San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History (1957) Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands, 1841–1844 by William D. Myers, edited by J. H. Kemble (1955) Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Junior, edited by J. H. Kemble (1964)
Across the Pacific [2] is a 1926 American silent romantic adventure film produced by Warner Bros., directed by Roy del Ruth and starring Monte Blue. It was based on a 1900 play by Charles Blaney and J. J. McCloskey. The play had been filmed before in 1914 with Dorothy Dalton.
Sailing single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean in a 10-foot (3.0 m) sailboat Gerald F. Spiess (January 24, 1940 – June 18, 2019) was an American school teacher best known for having sailed his 10-foot (3.0 m) home-built sailboat Yankee Girl solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1979 and across the Pacific in 1981.
The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas (Norwegian: Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen) is a 1948 book by the Norwegian writer Thor Heyerdahl.It recounts Heyerdahl's experiences with the Kon-Tiki expedition, where he travelled across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa tree raft.
Richard Wiese (September 25, 1929 – September 18, 2021) was an American aviator.He entered the record books on August 14, 1959 when he became the first pilot to solo an airplane from east to west across the Pacific Ocean.
An 83-year-old Japanese adventurer returned home Saturday after successfully completing his solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific, becoming the oldest person to reach the milestone. Kenichi ...
The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Inca god Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name.