The Book of the Ocean
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Excerpt from The Book of the OceanAmerica from about Porto Alegre to Lima on one side, and through southern Siam and the northernmost of the Philippine Islands on the other, and you make hemispheres, the northern Of which (with London at its center) contains almost all the land Of the globe, while the southern (with New Zealand as its central point) is almost entirely water, Australia, and the narrow southern half of South America being the only lands Of consequence in its whole area. Observing the map in this way, noticing that, besides nearly a complete half-world Of water south Of your rubb...
Chapters (278)(click to expand)
- THE BOOK OF THE OCEAN
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I THE OCEAN AND ITS ORIGIN
- CHAPTER II WAVES, TIDES, AND CURRENTS
- CHAPTER III THE BUILDING AND RIGGING OF SHIPS
- CHAPTER IV EARLY VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS
- PART I—PREVIOUS TO THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
- PART II—FROM COLUMBUS TO COOK
- CHAPTER V SECRETS WON FROM THE FROZEN NORTH
- CHAPTER VI WAR-SHIPS AND NAVAL BATTLES
- PART I—WOODEN WALLS, FROM SALAMIS TO TRAFALGAR
- PART II—THE PRESENT ERA OF STEAM AND STEEL
- CHAPTER VII THE MERCHANTS OF THE SEA
- CHAPTER VIII ROBBERS OF THE SEAS
- CHAPTER IX YACHTING AND PLEASURE-BOATING
- CHAPTER X DANGERS OF THE DEEP
- CHAPTER XI FISHING AND OTHER MARINE INDUSTRIES
- CHAPTER XII THE PLANTS OF THE SEA AND THEIR USES
- CHAPTER XIII ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- GENERAL INDEX
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