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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Seafaring lore and legend".
- catalog contributor b13242501.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Acknowledgments -- Note to the reader -- Introduction -- [Ch.] 1. In the beginning -- 2. Fabled lands -- 3. Legendary voyages -- 4. Sea quests of old -- 5. Maritime history -- 6. Nautical custom -- 7. Life at sea -- 8. The captain and his ship -- 9. A murmuring of men -- 10. Big ships and battles -- 11. Death and disaster -- 12. Navigable waters -- 13. Castaways and survivors -- 14. At odds with the law -- 15. Sea fancies -- 16. Myth and mystery -- 17. Sea monsters -- 18. Wraiths of the sea -- 19. Superstition and belief -- Sources and notes.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-361) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 370 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Seafaring lore & legend.".
- catalog identifier "0071435433".
- catalog isFormatOf "Seafaring lore & legend.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Camden, Me. : International Marine/McGraw-Hill,".
- catalog relation "Seafaring lore & legend.".
- catalog subject "398/.27 22".
- catalog subject "GR910 .J43 2004".
- catalog subject "Ocean Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Seafaring life Folklore.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- Note to the reader -- Introduction -- [Ch.] 1. In the beginning -- 2. Fabled lands -- 3. Legendary voyages -- 4. Sea quests of old -- 5. Maritime history -- 6. Nautical custom -- 7. Life at sea -- 8. The captain and his ship -- 9. A murmuring of men -- 10. Big ships and battles -- 11. Death and disaster -- 12. Navigable waters -- 13. Castaways and survivors -- 14. At odds with the law -- 15. Sea fancies -- 16. Myth and mystery -- 17. Sea monsters -- 18. Wraiths of the sea -- 19. Superstition and belief -- Sources and notes.".
- catalog title "Seafaring lore & legend : a miscellany of maritime myth, superstition, fable, and fact / Peter D. Jeans.".
- catalog title "Seafaring lore and legend".
- catalog type "Folklore. fast".
- catalog type "text".