I. useful addresses

Appendix

Tel. 241 272 47 Fax 241 226 15 United States of America

Tel. 1 721 2951 www.usisathens.gr

43 Tsimiski, 76th Floor, 54623, Thessaloniki, Greece

Odos Karoli Kai, Dimitriou 3, Athens Tel. 1 724 801

115 21

Tsimiski Street, 546 24 Thessaloniki, Greece

Tel. 31 256 350 Fax 256 351

II. USEFUL BOOKS AND CHARTS

Admiralty publications

Covers the Ionian Sea.

Covers the Aegean Sea.

Mediterranean, Black and Red Seas.

A biennial publication with light lists, radio, harbour

plans and other associated information. Mediterranean Cruising Handbook Rod Heikell. Imray.

Companion volume to Mediterranean Almanac. The Ionian Islands to the Anatolian Coast: a sea-guide H.

M. Denham. John Murray. The Aegean: a sea-guide to its coasts and islands H. M.

Denham. John Murray. Classic yachtsman's guides,

although no longer revised and kept up-to-date.

Contain much interesting information, particularly on

naval history. Saronic Rod Heikell. Imray. Covers the Saronic Gulf and

eastern Peloponnisos in detail.

Covers the Ionian, Saronic Gulf and Eastern

Peloponnisos only. In German. Guide Pratique de Grice et Turquie Jacques Angles.

Editions du Pen Duick. Covers the Dodecanese. In

French. Turkish Waters and Cyprus Pilot Rod Heikell. Imray

Other guides

Yacht Charter Handbook Rod Heikell. Imray.

The Blue Guide to Greece Edited by Stuart Rossiter. A.

and C. Black. The usual excellent quality of this

series. The Greek Islands Lawrence Durrell. Faber. Lots of

glossy photographs and Durrell's own inimitable

description of the islands. The Greek Islands Ernie Bradford. Collins Companion

Guide. An excellent background guide from an

author who has sailed his own yacht around Greece. Dumont Guide to the Greek Islands Edited by Evi Melas

and translated by Russell Stockman. Stewart Tabori

6 Chang, NY; or Webb & Bower, UK. Good guide
with glossy photos.

The Rough Guide to Greece Ellingham, Jansz and Fisher.

Routledge and Kegan Paul. Down-to-earth guide. The Mediterranean Greenpeace. Berlitz Guides to Athens/Corfu/Crete/Greek Islands/

Peloponnese/Rhodes/Salonica and Northern Greece.

Good, compact and necessarily brief, guides. The Peloponnese E. Karpodini-Dimitriadi. Ekdotike

Athenon. Prospero's Cell: a guide to the landscape and manners of the

island of Corcyra Lawrence Durrell. Penguin. On

Corfu. Reflections on a Marine Venus: a companion to the landscape

Excellent general introduction to Crete. Crete John Freely. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Good guide. Pausanias Guide to Greece Volumes I & II Translated by

Peter Levi. Penguin. Pausanias was a doctor who

spent twenty years travelling around Greece in the

reign of Hadrian recording details of Greek cities,

customs and beliefs. Interesting and useful to this

day.

Herodotus The Histories (Historiai). Greek Society Antony Andrewes. Pelican. The World of Odysseus M. I. Finley. Penguin. Life in

Homeric times.

Paradissis. Translated by S. A. Paradissis, Efstathiadis

Brothers. The most detailed descriptive work on all

Greek forts and castles. Published and readily

available in Greece. The Venetian Empire Jan Morris. Penguin. Very readable

account of the Venetian maritime empire that

touched so many Greek islands and coastal harbours,

leaving its forts and castles everywhere.

Recommended. The Greek Adventure David Howarth. Collins. Excellent

and very readable account of the Greek War of

Independence. The End of Atlantis J. V. Luce. Paladin. Good account of

the Thira eruptions.

to read even if you are not going to Greece. Zorba the Greek Nikos Kazantzakis. Faber. Freedom and Death Nikos Kazantzakis. Cavafy: a critical biography Robert Liddell. Duckworth.

The biography of the forgotten poet of Alexandria. The Alexandrian Quartet Lawrence Durrell. The Poems of Catullus Translated by Peter Whigham.

University of California Press. Mani: travels in the Southern Peloponnese and Roumeli:

Penguin. Contain much interesting and esoteric

information on Greece and the Greeks in general as

well as on the areas covered. Eleni Nicholas Gage. Fontana. Easy read on the Civil

War in Greece. Hellas - A Portrait of Greece Nicholas Gage. Collins

Harvill. Contains some interesting information not

found in other 'portraits'. A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece Edited by

Richard Stoneman. Penguin. Sappho to Shelley. Greek Literature: An Anthology.

Edited by Michael Grant. Penguin. The Jason Voyage: the quest for the Golden Fleece and The

William Taylor. Chatto & Windus. Flowers of the Mediterranean Anthony Huxley and Oleg

Polunin. Chatto & Windus.

Both the above have excellent colour photographs

and line drawings for identification. Herbs of Greece Alta Niebuhr. Trees and Bushes of Britain and Europe Oleg Polunin.

Paladin. Excellent guide with colour photographs for

identification. Trees and Shrubs of Greece George Sfikas.

Marine life

Hamlyn Guide to the Seashore and Flora and Fauna of the

Mediterranean A. C. Campbell. Comprehensive guide

to Mediterranean marine life. The Yachtsman's Naturalist M. Drummond and P.

Rodhouse. Angus & Robertson. About Britain and

northern Europe, but many species are common to

the Mediterranean. British Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises F. C. Fraser. As

above. Mediterranean Wildlife. The Rough Guide. Peter Raine.

Harrap-Columbus. Patchy guide that includes a

chapter on Greece. Fishes of Greece Published by the Efstathidis Group and

available in Greece. A poor guide. Dangerous Marine Animals B. W. Halstead, P. S.

Auerbach and D. R. Campbell. Wolfe Medical. The

standard reference work.

Food

Greek Cooking Robin Howe.

Food of Greece Vilma Chantiles.

The Best of Greek Cooking Chrissa Paradissis.

Food in History Reay Tannahill. Paladin. Contains some

interesting details on Greek food as part of a general

496

1 inch = 2.54 centimetres (roughly 4in = 10cm)

1 centimetre = 0.394 inches

1 foot = 0.305 metres (roughly 3ft = lm)

1 metre = 3.281 feet

1 pound = 0.454 kilograms (roughly l0lbs = 4.5kg)

1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds

1 mile = 1.609 kilometres (roughly 10 miles = 16km)

1 kilometre = 0.621 miles

1 nautical mile = 11515 miles

1 mile = 0.8684 nautical miles

1 acre = 0.405 hectares (roughly 10 acres = 4 hectares)

1 hectare = 2.471 acres

1 gallon = 4.546 litres (roughly 1 gallon = 4-5 litres)

1 litre = 0.220 gallons

Temperature scale

t°F to t°C is 5/9 (t°F -32) = t°C

t°C to t°F is 9/5 (t°C +32) = t°F

So:

80°F = 26.7°C 30°C = 86°F

90°F = 32.2°C 40°C = 104°F

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