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Mary Jane Walker

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New Zealand

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Travel, Nonfiction, Memoir

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Mary Jane Walker is a writer of historically well-informed travel stories that come with an autobiographical flavour.

Mary Jane first experienced world travel in an unusual way, as part of the crew on a 60-ton Chinese junk named La Dame de Canton, built in the old way to revive a dying art. La Dame de Canton sailed from Canton, now Guangzhou, to Paris in the early 1980s. Just as in the old days of exploration by sail, the voyage took a couple of years to complete, with many stops along the way for fresh water and supplies, and, yes, for repairs as well.

This was the first time such a small Chinese junk had made the voyage from East to West, a voyage which included blue-water sailing across the Indian Ocean.

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	A Maverick Traveller: Wanna connect with the world? Join Kiwi adventurer Mary Jane Walker 3.63 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Maverick USA Way 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Iran: Make Love not War: Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll on the Silk Road 3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scottish Isles: Shetlands, Orkneys and Hebrides: Part 1: The Shetlands, Orkneys, Mull, Iona, Raasay and Staffa 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Maverick Cuban Way 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Maverick Himalayan Way (new edition): Connect to cultures and walks in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kashmir and Sikkim 3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Maverick Inuit Way and the Vikings: How to connect with the peoples of the North 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Maverick Pilgrim Way 2.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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