The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2
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Chapters (26)
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- THE SEA.
- CHAPTER I. The History of Ships and Shipping Interests (continued).
- CHAPTER II. The History of Ships and Shipping Interests (continued).
- CHAPTER III. The History of Ships and Shipping Interests (continued).
- CHAPTER IV. The History of Ships and Shipping Interests (continued).
- CHAPTER V. The History of Ships and Shipping Interests (continued).
- CHAPTER VI. The History of Ships and Shipping Interests (continued).
- CHAPTER VII. The History of Ships and Shipping Interests (continued).
- CHAPTER VIII. The History of Ships and Shipping Interests (continued).
- CHAPTER IX. The History of Ships and Shipping Interests (continued).
- CHAPTER X. The Lighthouse and its History.
- CHAPTER XI. The Lighthouse (continued).
- CHAPTER XII. The Lighthouse (concluded).
- CHAPTER XIII. The Breakwater.
- CHAPTER XIV. The Greatest Storm in English History.
- CHAPTER XV. “Man the Life-boat!”
- CHAPTER XVI. “Man the Life-boat!” (continued).
- CHAPTER XVII. “Man the Life-boat!” (continued).
- CHAPTER XVIII. “Wrecking” as a Profession.
- CHAPTER XIX. “Hovelling” v. Wrecking.
- CHAPTER XX. Ships that “Pass by on the other Side.”
- CHAPTER XXI. A Contrast—The Ship on Fire!—Swamped at Sea.
- CHAPTER XXII. Early Steamship Wrecks and their Lessons.
- Footnotes
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