the Book of the Ocean
by Ernest Ingersoll
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946
- Title
- The Book of the Ocean
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Brian Wilcox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- Subject
- Ocean
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 56311
- Release Date
- January 5, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.THE BOOK OF THE OCEAN — BY ERNEST INGERSOLL
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.CHAPTER I THE OCEAN AND ITS ORIGIN
- 5.CHAPTER II WAVES, TIDES, AND CURRENTS
- 6.CHAPTER III THE BUILDING AND RIGGING OF SHIPS
- 7.CHAPTER IV EARLY VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS — PART I—PREVIOUS TO THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
- 8.PART II—FROM COLUMBUS TO COOK
- 9.CHAPTER V SECRETS WON FROM THE FROZEN NORTH
- 10.CHAPTER VI WAR-SHIPS AND NAVAL BATTLES — PART I—WOODEN WALLS, FROM SALAMIS TO TRAFALGAR
- 11.PART II—THE PRESENT ERA OF STEAM AND STEEL
- 12.CHAPTER VII THE MERCHANTS OF THE SEA
- 13.CHAPTER VIII ROBBERS OF THE SEAS
- 14.CHAPTER IX YACHTING AND PLEASURE-BOATING
- 15.CHAPTER X DANGERS OF THE DEEP
- 16.CHAPTER XI FISHING AND OTHER MARINE INDUSTRIES
- 17.CHAPTER XII THE PLANTS OF THE SEA AND THEIR USES
- 18.CHAPTER XIII ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA — FOOTNOTES:
- 19.INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 20.GENERAL INDEX
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