Adrift on a Sea of Blue Light

By Peter Muilenburg

Travel Tracer activity by Rosalia Nolen

Travel Tracer

Place the story in the world

A list of places, in the order they appear in the reading- and provide a map, pointing to the places as the the list is shared.

The following is a list of places as they appear in the chapters. They do not go in chronological order.

Rubric

Ch1. St. John, US. Virgin Islands; the Caribbean; Isla de Las Aves, VenezuelaCh.2 Near the Venezuelan coast; BahamasCh.3 St. John- Cruz Bay, Chocolate HoleCh.4 Dominica; SevilleCh.5 the Caribbean; Isla Orchilla; Caracas, VenezuelaCh.6 Central Bahamas- French Cay, Castle Island, Exumas; Mayaguana Ch.7 St. John – Round Bay, Francis Bay, Cinnamon BayCh.8 Turner Point, St. JohnCh.9 Coral Bay, St. JohnCh.10 Sail from St. Maarten to Venezuela; St. Lucia; Peter Island/Deadman’s, British Virgin Islands, Phillipsburg, Aguilla- sailed thru the Anegada Passage and Anguilla Passage, St. Barth; St.Kitts; NevisCh.11 Headed to St. MaartenCh.12 Coral Bay and Drunk Bay, St.JohnCh.13 St. ThomasCh.14 VenezuelaCh.15 Curacao; Caracas, Venezuela; Las Aves de Sotovento, VenezuelaCh.16 Azores Islands in PortugalCh.17 In the Caribbean ready to sail across the North Atlantic via the Azores, Portugal, the Canary Islands to West Africa.Ch.18 VenezuelaCh.19 Seville, SpainCh.20 Palermo, SicilyCh.21 Brindisi, Italy to Corfu, GreeceCh.22 Gambia River, AfricaCh.23 Bonaire, CaribbeanCh.24 Nevis; Isla CubaguaCh.25 Puerto Rico; HaitiCh.26 Inagua Islands, The BahamasCh.27 Puerto La Cruz, VenezuelaCh.28 West Indies; St.BarthCh.29 Saint Vincents, Bequia; Wallilabou Bay, La Rochelle, FranceCh.30 St. Thomas; Turks and Caicos; Beacon Cay; Exumas; Mayaguana; Rum Cay; Nassau,Virgin IslandsCh.31 West Indies; Gustavia, St.BarthCh.32 Great Inagua,Bahamas; Matthewtown; St.John, Miami, Florida

If they did go in order, here is what the

trip might look like…

This is the area of the world where the story starts.

The story starts on the little island of St. John, part of the US Virgin Islands.

Here is an aerial view of St. John Island

The Caribbean Islands

There are thousands of islands that

comprise the Caribbean.

Inagua Islands, a common wealth of the Bahamas

Matthewtown,

Bahamas

The Exumas…

The Port

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Bequia, Dominica, And Saint Vincent’s

Gustavia, St. Barth

The Venezuelan Coast Curacao and Caracas

Isla Orchila is an island and a military base off the coast of Venezuela, north of Caracas. It has numerous beaches, including one where the sand is markedly pink. Wikipedia

Isla Orchila

The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about 1,500 km west of Lisbon and about 1,900 km southeast of Newfoundland. Wikipedia

The port in Palermo,Italy

Brindisi, Italy Corfu, GreeceThe Mediterranean trip…

The Gambia River in Africa

Santos and the Elephant Ch. 10-p. 78

This chapter describes a voyage that start off in St. John. Breath was chartered for a weekend trip to Peter Island. (It get a little confusing because there are some random stories of other places mentioned, but I’ll try my best!)

Depart St.John’s via the Sir Francis Drake ChannelMidafternoon reached Deadman’s BayWaiting in the Virgin Gorda Sound for the weather to clear upHad to sail thru the Anegada Passage to St. MaartenMade it thru Anguilla Channel to anchor in Phillpsburg, StMaarten- pg.81Next stop was St.Barths. They dropped anchor at Gustavia’s Harbor.After exploring the island the breeze sailed Breath 40 miles to the island of St. Kitt.The next morning the boat have moved over to Nevis, an island that hadn’t really been discovered or become overrun with hotels and tourists.Moved on to Jalousie Bay in St.Lucia. Anchored beneath the cliffs of Petite Piton, the most famous landmark of a massive rock spire that extends 2,000 ft above sea level.This is where Santos comes into contact with the elephant, they battle it out.The chapter ends with Peter going to say goodbye to the elephant.