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THE SEA STORY - being a Guide to Nautical Reading from Ancient Times to the

THE SEA STORY - being a Guide to Nautical Reading from Ancient Times to the Close of the Sailing Ship Era Hardcover - 1958

by Knight, Frank

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London: Macmillan and Company, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xii) 240 pp. Green cloth decorated in gilt on the spine. Some wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Two Sea Stories: The Voyage of the Argonauts - The Odyssey; The Ancient World: The Mediterranean Scene; The Ancient World: The Ships; The Ancient World: Navies, Battles and Admirals; The Vikings; The Northern Ships; Prelude to the Renaissance; The Century of Progress; The Discovery of the World; The Seamen's War; The Seamen's Victory and Betrayal; Foundations of Empire; The Making of a Navy; Toward's Nelson's Navy; Buccaneers, Privateers, Pirates, Smugglers; Round the World Again; The Merchant Service; and The Swan Song of Sail; followed by: Appendix 1: The Hakluyt Society and Others; Appendix 2: On the Use of Public Libraries; Index to the Text; and Index to the Bibliography..
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