Tim Severin

Born	Timothy Severin 1940 Assam, India
Occupation	explorer, historian and writer
Writing period	1978-present
Genres	Historical fiction, Non-fiction
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Tim Severin (born 1940) is a British explorer, historian and writer.

He was born Timothy Severin in Assam, India, and currently lives in Timoleague, County Cork, Ireland, where he 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

• Tracking Marco Polo (1964) - Motorcycle ride from Venice to Central Asia along the Silk Road
• Explorers of the Mississippi (1968)
• The Golden Antilles (1970)
• The African Adventure (1973)
• Vanishing Primitive Man (1973)
• The Oriental Adventure: Explorers of the East (1976) - A history of European explorers in Asia
• 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
• The Jason Voyage: The Quest for the Golden Fleece (1986) - Sailing from Greece to Georgia
• 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 (almost) on a bamboo raft named Hsu-Fu
• 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 ^[1]) (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^[2]
• Gold Medal of the Maritime Institute of Ireland

References

External links

• The official Tim Severin Site
• "The Jason Voyage," From the Cradle of Wine