Sons of Sindbad. An Account of Sailing with the Arabs in their Dhows, in the Red Sea, round the Coasts of Arabia, and to Zanzibar and Tanganyika; Pearling in the Persian Gulf; and the Life of the Shipmasters and the Mariners of Kuwait
London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1940. In 1938 Melbourne-born Villiers 'began an examination of sailing culture in the Middle East and spent 18 months on board the Arab dhow "The Triumph of Righteousness", sailing from Kuwait to Zanzibar and back. He recorded his experience in "Sons of Sinbad" [sic]. The..... More