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De hydrograaf
“The Hydrographer” (title translated by AI)
Allard Schröder (born 1946)
English editions
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Franz von Karsch-Kurwitz, a minor nobleman who teaches oceanography, leaves Hamburg in April 1913 aboard the Posen for Valparaíso, meaning only to record the ocean's motion. No instrument can disguise that his existence has stalled. As the weeks pass his measurements bore him and he turns instead to what resists measuring: what drives him, what the other travellers conceal, and the enigmatic Asta Maris.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 204 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2002 by De Bezige Bij
- Author's age
- 56 when first published
- ISBN
9789023401193 (original)
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