West By Sea

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West By Sea: A Treasure Hunt that Spans the Globe

Authors| Michelle Beale and Edward Beale
Cover artist| Edward K. Beale
Country| United States
Language| English
Genre| Travel
Publisher| Expeditionaire

Publication date

| February 2016
Media type| Print (Paperback)
Pages| 144
ISBN| 978-0-692-38310-0

West By Sea is an armchair treasure hunt book in the form of a travel journal. It was written by Michelle M. B. Beale, designed by Edward K. Beale, and published in February 2016. It contains concealed clues to the location of a hidden object.

## Summary[edit]

West By Sea is a travelogue written by a brain cancer survivor about 105 days spent circumnavigating the globe by ship.[1] Each page describes one day of the journey, and includes two photographs, the daily position and weather, and a quote. Written in first person present tense, the story is a chronological narrative account. The narrative about the voyage includes stops at 40 ports in 28 countries on 6 continents, starting and ending in Sydney, Australia.

Major ports in chronological order include:[2]

* Day 1: Sydney, Australia
* Day 3: Brisbane, Australia
* Day 12: Singapore
* Day 13: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* Day 14: Langkawi, Malaysia
* Day 19: Mumbai, India
* Day 20: Agra, India
* Day 21: New Delhi, India
* Day 22: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
* Day 28: Luxor, Egypt
* Day 29: Petra, Jordan
* Day 31: Suez Canal transit
* Day 32: Masada, Israel, Dead Sea
* Day 34: Athens, Greece
* Day 35: Mytilene, Greece
* Day 36: Istanbul, Turkey
* Day 37: Anzac Cove
* Day 39: Naples, Italy and Pompeii
* Day 40: Rome, Italy and Vatican City
* Day 41: Pisa and Florence, Italy
* Day 42: Monte Carlo, Monaco
* Day 43: Barcelona, Spain
* Day 45: Seville, Spain
* Day 46: Lisbon, Portugal
* Day 49: Cobh, Ireland
* Day 50: Dublin, Ireland
* Day 51: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
* Day 53: Le Havre, France
* Day 54: Dover, England
* Day 55: Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Day 57: Copenhagen, Denmark
* Day 58: Oslo, Norway
* Day 60: Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
* Day 67: New York City, United States
* Day 72: Oranjestad, Aruba
* Day 73: Willemstad, Curacao
* Day 75: Panama Canal transit
* Day 77: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
* Day 83: Los Angeles, United States
* Day 88: Hilo, Hawaiian Islands
* Day 89: Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands
* Day 90: Nawiliwili, Hawaiian Islands
* Day 96: Pago Pago, American Samoa
* Day 98: Suva, Fiji
* Day 101: Auckland, New Zealand
* Day 102: Bay of Islands, New Zealand
* Day 105: Sydney, Australia

## Prerelease development[edit]

The book started as a project on Kickstarter to help maintain a blog via satellite from the ship.[3] The campaign generated over $10,000US from 153 backers on four continents.[4]

## Awards and recognition[edit]

* Finalist, Best Interior Design - USA Best Books Awards, 4 December 2016
* First Place, Travel category - Reader Views Literary Awards 2016-2017, 10 March 2017
* Finalist, Travel category - 2016 Foreword INDIES Awards, 15 March 2017
* Nominee, Travel and Memoir categories - 2017 Independent Publisher IPPY Award, 1 April 2017

## Select bibliography[edit]

* Michelle Beale, West By Sea, Mystic: Expeditionaire, 2016 (ISBN 978-0-692-38310-0)

## See also[edit]

* Masquerade, a 1979 children's book by Kit Williams that sparked a worldwide treasure hunt
* The Merlin Mystery, a treasure hunt book from 1998
* Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

## Notes and references[edit]

1. ^ "Kickstarter Projects We Love: "West By Sea – Our Trip of a Lifetime"". Retrieved 6 March 2016.
2. ^ "The Trip". Retrieved 8 March 2016.
3. ^ "New London Tube: West By Sea Kickstarter". Retrieved 6 March 2016.
4. ^ "West By Sea: a Vicarious Virtual Voyage". Retrieved 6 March 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Project website and blog
* Kickstarter campaign for the book project