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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... Trade Winds ◇ The Sargasso Sea ◇ The Seven Seas ◇ Cape Horn ◇ The Cape Horners ◇ On the Spanish Main ◇ Prize Money ◇ First Rate ◇ Of Knots and Logs ◇ Scurvy ◇ Deep-Sea Diving ◇ Sea Chanties xi 13 30 43 64 85 95 104 8. The ...
... trade across the oceans of the world. These claims include not only the natural phenomena of climate such as the giant seas and freak waves of, for instance, the Southern Ocean, but also the persistent appearance over the ages of Sea ...
... trade with their not inconsiderable overseas empire. “Neptune's sheep” is another name for the white horses that one encounters at sea—that is, waves breaking into foam. POSEIDON. “He commanded and the storm wind rose And the surges ...
... trade in gold and silver. Tarshish seems to be the Tartessus referred to in an account by the Greek historian Herodotus (about 484–425 B.C.), who told of the voyage ofa Greek ship trading to the western Mediterranean and being forced by ...
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 |