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Seafaring lore & legend : a miscellany of maritime myth, superstition, fable, and fact

"Seafaring Lore and Legend explores the most colorful and curious aspects of our nautical heritage. 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. His introductions point out the significance of each story and examine their impacts on maritime and human history."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2004
International Marine/McGraw-Hill, Camden, Me., ©2004
Folklore
xiii, 370 pages ; 23 cm
9780071486569, 9780071435437, 0071486569, 0071435433
54079892
Acknowledgments
Note to the reader
Introduction
[Ch.] 1. In the beginning
2. Fabled lands
3. Legendary voyages
4. Sea quests of old
5. Maritime history
6. Nautical custom
7. Life at sea
8. The captain and his ship
9. A murmuring of men
10. Big ships and battles
11. Death and disaster
12. Navigable waters
13. Castaways and survivors
14. At odds with the law
15. Sea fancies
16. Myth and mystery
17. Sea monsters
18. Wraiths of the sea
19. Superstition and belief
Sources and notes