Seafaring Lore and Legend - Couverture souple

Jeans, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0071486569 ISBN 13 : 9780071486569

Editeur : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2007

Synopsis

"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:

• The origins of naval salutes and the Beaufort Scale
• Flogging a dead horse and other oddities of nautical custom
• Sea chanties, scurvy, and the hardships of life at sea
• Infamous and noteworthy sea captains and their ships
• Famous wrecks and mutinies
• Mermaids, sirens, and sea nymphs
• Nautical superstitions such as the albatross and Fiddler's Green
• And much more

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter D. Jeans is the author of Ship to Shore: A Dictionary of Everyday Words and Phrases Derived from the Sea.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0071486569
• ISBN 13: 9780071486569
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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