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Author: Frederick Whymper
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Author: Frederick Whymper
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Author: Frederick Whymper
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1706
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The book "The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism" is an exciting review of the history of sea travels from the earliest times to the XIX century. It includes the first mentions of sea travel, the history of shipbuilding, mentions the greatest men who pursued geographical discoveries like Columbus and his contemporaries, and the deeds of pirates like Sir Francis Drake. The author revises the history of the most significant shipwrecks and concludes with poetry dedicated to sea and ship travel. The author spent his life traveling on a steamship and collected numerous stories and illustrations of interesting distant places. The book is the culmination of his lifetime interest in sea, travel, history, and art.
Author: Frederick Whymper
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF SHIPS AND SHIPPING INTER- PAGE ESTS (continued). Extent of the Subject—The First American 1 Colony—Hostilities with the Indians—117 Settlers Missing—Raleigh’s Search for El Dorado—Little or no Gold discovered—2,000 Spaniards engage in another Search—Disastrous Results—Dutch Rivalry with the English—Establishment of two American Trading Companies—Of the East India Company—Their first Great Ship—Enormous Profits of the Ven- ture—A Digression—Officers of the Company in Modern Times—Their Grand Perquisites—Another Naval Hero—Monson a Captain at Eighteen—His appreciation of Stratagem—An Eleven Hours’ hand-to-hand Contest—Out of Water at Sea—Monson two years a Galley Slave—Treachery of the Earl of Cumber- land—The Cadiz Expedition—Cutting out a Treasure Ship—Prize worth £200,000—James I. and his Great Ship—Monson as Guardian of the Narrow Seas—After the British Pirates—One of their Haunts—A Novel Scheme—Monson as a Pirate himself—Meeting of the sham and real Pirates—Capture of a Num- ber—Frightened into Penitence—Another caught by a ruse.
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Pages : 998
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Pages : 540
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Pages : 1292
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
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Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
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Author: S. Austin Allibone
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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