BigList
Login / Sign up
Seafaring lore and legend (2004)

Seafaring lore and legend (2004)

Fairy Tales & Folklore

Peter D Jeans

Year: 2004
Authors: Peter D Jeans
Print type: BOOK

Description:

"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."--BOOK JACKET.