Seafaring Lore and Legend"A valuable and lively resource. Jeans sorts truth from fiction with a sure hand and does full justice to both."—Peter Stanford, President Emeritus, National Maritime Historical Society “A veritable sourcebook of nautical history, beliefs, and heritage. Every true mariner will get lost in this book.”—Boating Seafaring Lore and Legend is a storehouse of wonders for those who love the sea. From Noah’s Ark to Thor Heyerdahl’s raft, from Atlantis to the Northwest Passage, author Peter Jeans scours the ages and the seven seas for fanciful, inspiring, and bizarre tales of sea monsters, ghost ships, lost continents, castaways, pirates, explorers, superstitions, and customs. Discover the surprising truths behind:
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... ofThe Beginning: the Great Flood, for instance, accounts of which are to be found in many different cultures worldwide; the story of Moses and the Red Sea; explanations of the powers and functions of those gods whose task it was to ...
... of the earth persist in relating legends of mass global destruction, legends that all share many points of similarity? MOSES. AND THE. RED. SEA. “The water of this red see is not redde of his owne kynde, the colour ofit is by reson ofthe ...
... of the swift queen,” sometimes Okeanos) was a Greek sea god, lord ofthe great river Ocean that encircled the flat disk of the earth, the river symbolized by a snake with its tail in its mouth; the sun and moon were believed to rise from ...
... of the redoubtable Poseidon. Neptune also presided over horses and equestrian accomplishments because of his part in ... ofthe sea.” EDITH HAMILTON, MYTHOLOGY Poseidon (“he who gives drink from wooded mountain”) may be a form ofpotidan ...
... ofthe realm, as he in his wisdom sees proper.” SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, C OMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND Portunus ... of the importance ofport in nautical nomenclature. ◇ port, the left side of a vessel facing forward, from port side ...
Contents
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3 Legendary Voyages | 43 |
4 Sea Quests of Old | 64 |
5 Maritime History | 85 |
6 Nautical Custom | 95 |
7 Life at Sea | 104 |
12 Navigable Waters | 206 |
13 Castaways and Survivors | 214 |
14 At Odds with the Law | 227 |
15 Sea Fancies | 246 |
16 Myth and Mystery | 254 |
17 Sea Monsters | 276 |
18 Wraiths of the Sea | 295 |
19 Superstition and Belief | 304 |
8 The Captain and His Ship | 134 |
9 A Murmuring of Men | 161 |
10 Big Ships and Battles | 176 |
11 Death and Disaster | 192 |
Sources and Notes | 329 |
Select Bibliography | 350 |
Index | 362 |