Dougald Anson

"Star Ship."

We learn that our viewpoint character, Dougald Anson, has grown up on the planet Khazak where he leads an adventurous life.

Anson:

played with young Khazaki as a child;
went to war with them as a young man;
stormed the high citadel of Zarganau;
smote the warriors of Volgazan;
pirated among the outer islands;
has fought half way around the planet;
has roistered from Krakenau to Gorgazan (!);
now returns to the city of Krakenau in the midst of a palace revolution.

As Brian Aldiss said once, Poul Anderson tells us many different ways to reach another planet but (often) shows us the same kinds of things happening when we get there.