Over the
course of the voyage I hoard dinner menus detailing epicurean delights such as salmon sashimi with fennel, rolled veal in a rich red wine and fig sauce, and coffee and hazelnut parfait with cherry jus.
When Louis-Antoine de Bougainville set out in 1766 to circumnavigate the globe on behalf of the French crown in the coupled interests of knowledge and empire, his expedition included the necessary contingent of cartographers and doctors, an astronomer, a naturalist, and a crew of 330 officers and men--one of whom was revealed in the
course of the voyage to be a young woman in sailor's clothing.
Over the
course of the voyage, passengers will attend lectures by Titanic experts such as Philip Littlejohn, grandson of a Titanic survivor.
"Through the
course of the voyage, I have gained a really close relationship with my classmates."
Oman Sail has launched a dedicated site to trace the progress of the mission and efforts are being made for fans and followers to talk to Mohsin during the
course of the voyage through the Internet and by phone.
The difficulties he encountered there altered the entire
course of the voyage. There were many defections from the expedition on the island.
In all, roughly half of his original 170 men died in the
course of the voyage, mostly of scurvy.
Similarly, other stars known to rise or set above the reference island at different points during the
course of the voyage are used.