Project Gutenberg 2010-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 59 Visser, Piet De vliegende Hollander Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Branko Collin, Harry Lamé, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "De vliegende Hollander" by Piet Visser is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on Pieter van Halen, a skilled shipbuilder and ambitious captain in the early 17th century, as he pursues innovative designs for faster ships while facing skepticism from his peers and numerous challenges in his endeavors. At the start of the narrative, the reader is introduced to Pieter van Halen, a talented shipbuilder who seeks to create a revolutionary ship that would outpace all existing vessels. Despite his expertise and previous success at sea, he struggles to gain acceptance for his new designs, facing mockery and dismissive attitudes from fellow sailors. As he embarks on a series of adventures, including a journey to the East Indies, he navigates both the trials of shipbuilding and the dangers of the ocean, gathering experiences that will shape his future endeavors and determine the fate of his ambitions. The opening portion sets the stage for his character development and underscores the themes of innovation, perseverance, and the quest for success against the odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34391/34391-h/images/titlesm.jpg nl Sea stories Sailing ships -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 265777 265277 2024-10-14T12:46:49.935053 2023-09-15T06:50:27.128146 text/html text/html 273756 2010-11-21T14:30:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 687093 2010-11-21T14:34:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 710829 2024-10-14T12:46:54.652028 application/epub+zip 712938 2024-10-14T12:46:50.747103 application/epub+zip 173625 2024-10-14T12:46:50.328086 application/epub+zip 800202 2024-10-14T12:46:57.675020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 776485 2024-10-14T12:46:54.061028 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237533 2022-09-15T15:27:13.681869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234777 234696 2024-10-14T12:46:49.262244 2023-09-15T06:50:26.544115 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 233629 2010-11-21T14:27:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 88086 2010-11-21T14:27:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19320 2024-10-14T12:46:57.807022 application/rdf+xml 15405 2024-10-14T12:46:50.411061 image/jpeg 2639 2024-10-14T12:46:50.369074 image/jpeg 685236 2024-10-14T12:46:49.986154 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog