West by Sea: A Treasure Hunt That Spans the Globe

West by Sea is an armchair treasure hunt book in the form of a travel journal. It was written by Michelle M. B. Beale, designed by Edward K. Beale, and published in February 2016. It contains concealed clues to the location of a hidden object.

Summary
West by Sea is a travelogue written by a brain cancer survivor about 105 days spent circumnavigating the globe by ship. Each page describes one day of the journey, and includes two photographs, the daily position and weather, and a quote. Written in first person present tense, the story is a chronological narrative account. The narrative about the voyage includes stops at 40 ports in 28 countries on 6 continents, starting and ending in Sydney, Australia.

Major ports in chronological order include:
 * Day 1: Sydney, Australia
 * Day 3: Brisbane, Australia
 * Day 12: Singapore
 * Day 13: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 * Day 14: Langkawi, Malaysia
 * Day 19: Mumbai, India
 * Day 20: Agra, India
 * Day 21: New Delhi, India
 * Day 22: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 * Day 28: Luxor, Egypt
 * Day 29: Petra, Jordan
 * Day 31: Suez Canal transit
 * Day 32: Masada, Israel, Dead Sea
 * Day 34: Athens, Greece
 * Day 35: Mytilene, Greece
 * Day 36: Istanbul, Turkey
 * Day 37: Anzac Cove
 * Day 39: Naples, Italy and Pompeii
 * Day 40: Rome, Italy and Vatican City
 * Day 41: Pisa and Florence, Italy
 * Day 42: Monte Carlo, Monaco
 * Day 43: Barcelona, Spain
 * Day 45: Seville, Spain
 * Day 46: Lisbon, Portugal
 * Day 49: Cobh, Ireland
 * Day 50: Dublin, Ireland
 * Day 51: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
 * Day 53: Le Havre, France
 * Day 54: Dover, England
 * Day 55: Amsterdam, Netherlands
 * Day 57: Copenhagen, Denmark
 * Day 58: Oslo, Norway
 * Day 60: Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
 * Day 67: New York City, United States
 * Day 72: Oranjestad, Aruba
 * Day 73: Willemstad, Curacao
 * Day 75: Panama Canal transit
 * Day 77: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
 * Day 83: Los Angeles, United States
 * Day 88: Hilo, Hawaiian Islands
 * Day 89: Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands
 * Day 90: Nawiliwili, Hawaiian Islands
 * Day 96: Pago Pago, American Samoa
 * Day 98: Suva, Fiji
 * Day 101: Auckland, New Zealand
 * Day 102: Bay of Islands, New Zealand
 * Day 105: Sydney, Australia

Prerelease development
The book started as a project on Kickstarter to help maintain a blog via satellite from the ship. The campaign generated over $10,000US from 153 backers on four continents.

Awards and recognition

 * Finalist, Best Interior Design - USA Best Books Awards, 4 December 2016
 * First Place, Travel category - Reader Views Literary Awards 2016-2017, 10 March 2017
 * Finalist, Travel category - 2016 Foreword INDIES Awards, 15 March 2017
 * Nominee, Travel and Memoir categories - 2017 Independent Publisher IPPY Award, 1 April 2017

Select bibliography

 * Michelle Beale, West By Sea, Mystic: Expeditionaire, 2016 (ISBN 978-0-692-38310-0)