James Smith, an accomplished yachtsman, has given a narrative of Paul's voyage. He follows this with dissertations on the wind Euroclydon, the island Melita, the hips of the ancients, and geological changes in St. Paul's Bay. Six appendices and a general index conclude the book. Maps, engravings, an line drawings illustrate it. ....[A] careful study of Luke's narrative in relation to the route which it maps out - a part of the Mediterranean with which he (Smith) himself was well acquainted - and formed the most favourable estimate of the accuracy of Luke's account of each stage of the voyage... An indispensable handbook to the study of this chapter. F. F. Bruce James Smith (1782-1867), the son of a wealthy merchant of Scotland, devoted his life to the pursuit of yachting and the study of geography, nautical matters, and the writings of Luke. 'The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul' was first published in 1848 and last published in 1880 in a fourth edition. Used Book in Good Condition