Alan Villiers

Alan Villiers aboard the ''[[Grace Harwar]]'' in 1929 Alan John Villiers, DSC (23 September 1903 – 3 March 1982) was a writer, adventurer, photographer and mariner.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Villiers first went to sea at age 15 and sailed on board traditionally rigged vessels, including the full-rigged ship ''Joseph Conrad''. He commanded square-rigged ships for films, including ''Moby Dick'' and ''Billy Budd''. He also commanded the ''Mayflower II'' on its voyage from the United Kingdom to the United States.

Villiers wrote 44 books, and served as the Chairman (1960–70) and President (1970-74) of the Society for Nautical Research, a Trustee of the National Maritime Museum, and Governor of the Cutty Sark Preservation Society. He was awarded the British Distinguished Service Cross as a Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve during the Second World War. Provided by Wikipedia
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    The bounty ships of France ; the story of the French Cape Horn sailing ships /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1973
    Book
  2. 2
    Men, ships, and the sea /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1962
    Book
  3. 3
    Men, ships, and the sea /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1973
    Book
  4. 4
    The war with Cape Horn /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1971
    Book
  5. 5
    Sons of Sinbad ; an account of sailing with the Arabs in their dhows, in the Red Sea, around the coasts of Arabia, and to Zanzibar and Tanganyika; pearling in the Persian Gulf; and the life of the shipmasters, the mariners, and merchants of Kuwait /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1969
    Book
  6. 6
    The Coral Sea.
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1949
    Book
  7. 7
    Sailing Eagle ; the story of the Coast Guard's square-rigger.
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1955
    Book
  8. 8
    The way of a ship ; being some account of the ultimate development of the ocean-going square-rigged sailing vessel, and the manner of her handling, her voyage-making, her personnel, her economics, her performance, and her end /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1970
    Book
  9. 9
    Last of the wind ships /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1934
    Book
  10. 10
    Posted missing ; the story of ships lost without trace in recent years /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1974
    Book
  11. 11
    Vanished fleets : sea stories from old Van Dieman's land /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1974
    Book
  12. 12
    Falmouth for orders : the story of the last clipper ship race around Cape Horn /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1929
    Book
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    Voyaging with the wind : an introduction to sailing large square-rigged ships /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1975
    Book
  14. 14
    The way of a ship ; being some account of the ultimate development of the ocean-going square-rigged sailing vessel, and the manner of her handling, her voyage-making, her personnel, her economics, her performance, and her end /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1953
    Book
  15. 15
    Monsoon seas ; the story of the Indian Ocean.
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1952
    Book
  16. 16
    The set of the sails ; the story of a Cape Horn seaman /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1949
    Book
  17. 17
    The quest of the schooner Argus ; a voyage to the Banks and Greenland /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1951
    Book
  18. 18
    Cruise of the Conrad : a journal of a voyage round the world, undertaken and carried out in the ship Joseph Conrad, 212 tons, in the years 1934, 1935 and 1936 by way of Good Hope, the South Seas, the East Indies, and Cape Horn / cby Alan Villiers.
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1937
    Book
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    The deep sea fishermen /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 1970
    Book
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    Sons of Sinbad : the photographs : Dhow voyages with the Arabs in 1938-39 in the Red Sea, round the Coasts of Arabia, and to Zanzibar and Tanganyika; pearling in the gulf; and the life of the shipmasters and mariners of Kuwait /
    by Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982
    Published 2006
    Book
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