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:
This is a book you can open anywhere to savor for a few minutes or an afternoon. But be careful: it's easy to lose track of time at sea. |
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... Sea Monsters Monster Caddie ◇ Captain M'Quhae's Monster ◇ Haiphong Monster ◇ Monster Kraken ◇ Loch Ness Monster ◇ Rattray Head Monster ◇ Cape Cod Monster ◇ Cape São Roque Monster ◇ Halifax Monster ◇ Whaler Daphne's Monster ◇ ...
... Loch Ness Monster— but there must be others who, like me, were entirely ignorant of the story behind Prince Madoc or of the blood-drenched mutiny on HMS Hermione. Consequently, I am indeed grateful to those of my family and friends who ...
... sea monsters, many of which are not easily dismissed as fancies of an erratic mind (Captain M'Quhae's Monster, for example, is one such, although we may be well advised to look askance at what is purported by many to be lurking at the ...
... Monster Kraken (17), Scylla and Charybdis (1), Mermaids (15), The Odyssey (4) ... sea, I have cast a somewhat wider net so as to include a broad sampling of ... sea focus on what sailors claim to have encountered in the course of plying ...
... sea serpent consuming an entire ship, including the patently unhappy crew; and the Swedish Archbishop Olaus Magnus ... monster it is harmless, for it never actually attacked anybody even under provocation. It is not clear whether this refers ...
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 |