Tim Severin

Tim Severin (born 1940) is a British explorer and writer.

He was born "Timothy Severin" in Assam, India, and currently lives in Timoleague, County Cork, Ireland, where owns Argideen River Holiday Lodges. He was educated at Tonbridge School and Keble College, Oxford, where he studied geography and history. While still a student he embarked on the Marco Polo Expedition with Stanley Johnson and Michael de Larrabeiti. This was the start of his career as an explorer and writer. Severin has recreated a number of legendary voyages and journeys in order to determine how much of the legends are based on factual experience.

In 2005 he started writing historical fiction with similar themes — the voyage. His first "Viking Series" is about a young Viking adventurer Thorgils Leifsson, who travels around the world. In 2007 he started publishing his next series set in the late 17th century about the 17-year-old Hector Lynch, who becomes a Corsair.

Works

Fiction

Viking Series

*"Odinn's Child" (2005)
*"Sworn Brother" (2005)
*"King's Man" (2005)

The Adventures of Hector Lynch

*"Corsair" (2007)
*"Buccaneer" (2008)
*"Sea Robber" (May 1, 2009)

Non fiction

*"The Brendan Voyage" (1978) - Sailing a leather currach from Ireland to Newfoundland
*"The Sinbad Voyage" (1983) - Sailing an Arab dhow from Muscat, Oman to China
*"" (1986) - Sailing from Greece to Georgia
*"Tracking Marco Polo" (1986) - Motorcycle ride from Venice to Central Asia along the Silk Road
*"The Ulysses Voyage" (1987) - Sailing from Troy to Ithaca
*"Crusader" (1989) - Riding a heavy horse from France to the Middle East
*"In Search of Genghis Khan" (1991) - See Genghis Khan
*"The China Voyage" (1994) - Across the Pacific Ocean on a bamboo raft
*"The Spice Islands Voyage" (1997) - See Alfred Russel Wallace, a voyage through the Indonesian archipelago
*"In Search of Moby-Dick" (1999) - See Herman Melville
*"Seeking Robinson Crusoe" (aka "In Search of Robinson Crusoe" [ [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/tim-severin/in-search-of-robinson-crusoe.htm] ] ) (2002) - See Robinson Crusoe

Awards and honours

*Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society
*Livingstone Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
*Honorary Doctor of Letters, Trinity College, Dublin
*Honorary Doctor of Letters, University College, Cork [cite web | title=Tim Severin - explorer, author, film-maker | last= | first= | work=timseverin.net | url=http://www.timseverin.net/bio.htm | date= | accessdate=2008-01-29 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.timseverin.net/ The official Tim Severin Site]
* [http://georgianwines.blogspot.com/2007/05/jason-voyage.html "The Jason Voyage," "From the Cradle of Wine"]