The Boy's Book of the Sea

Naval warfare, old and new -- The men who discovered the world -- Some early buccaneers -- Morgan: buccaneer and governor -- Under the Jolly Roger -- Blockade running -- Adventures on a desert island -- Adrift with madmen -- Francis Drake's raid on the Spanish Main -- A gallant fisherman -- Fir...

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Main Author: Wood, Eric
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Project Gutenberg 2022
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Online Access:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67614/
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Summary:Naval warfare, old and new -- The men who discovered the world -- Some early buccaneers -- Morgan: buccaneer and governor -- Under the Jolly Roger -- Blockade running -- Adventures on a desert island -- Adrift with madmen -- Francis Drake's raid on the Spanish Main -- A gallant fisherman -- Fire at sea -- Romance of treasure-trove -- Adventures under sea -- Chasing pirates in the China Sea -- A voyage of danger -- The guardians of the coast -- Great naval disasters -- Incidents in the slave trade -- A race to succour -- A tragedy of the South Pole -- Stories of the lifeboat -- Tales of the smugglers -- Modern corsairs -- The wreckers -- The tragedy of a wonder ship [the "Titanic"] -- Mysteries of the sea.