Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

DIVING--THE FIRST DIVING-BELL--FIXED APPARATUS SUPPLIED WITH COMPRESSED AIR THE SUBMARINE HYDROSTAT--OPERATIONS AT HELL GATE--DIVING APPARATUS--SUBMARINE EXPLOSIONS--IMPROVED DI...

PIRACY--ORIGIN OF THE BUCCANEERS--THEIR MANNER OF LIFE--DRESS--OCCUPATION--THE ISLAND OF TORTUGA THEIR HEAD-QUARTERS--THEIR RELIGIOUS SCRUPLES--MANNER OF DIVIDING SPOILS--THE EX...

THE OCEAN AS A FIELD--THE VARIOUS CROPS IT YIELDS--THE SPONGE--TRANSPLANTING SPONGES--CORAL FISHING--THE DISCOVERY OF THE NATURE OF CORAL--ITS RECEPTION BY NATURALISTS--OYSTER F...

In modern times we have learned a great deal more of the ocean than the ancients knew, from dredging. By this means we have become acquainted not only with the outline of the bo...

SECOND AND THIRD ATTEMPTS TO LAY THE ATLANTIC CABLE--THE FAILURE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE--DESCRIPTION OF THE CABLE--THE VOYAGE OF THE NIAGARA--THE CONTINUITY--ALL RIGHT AGAIN--CHAN...

OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE EARTH AND SEA--HOW IT HAS INCREASED--THE EARTH THE DAUGHTER OF THE OCEAN--THE OPINION OF SCIENCE--THE MEAN DEPTH OF THE OCEAN--THE EXTENT OF THE OCEAN--ITS...

THE VOYAGE OF HANNO THE CARTHAGINIAN--HE SEES CROCODILES, APES, AND VOLCANOES--THE VOYAGE OF HIMILCON TO AL-BION--THE VOYAGE AND IGNOMINIOUS FATE OF SATASPES THE PERSIAN--THE VO...

ROSS'S SECOND VOYAGE--THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE--D'URVILLE--ENDERBY'S LAND--BACK'S VOYAGE IN THE TERROR--THE GREAT WESTERN AND SIRIUS--UNITED STATES' EXPLORING EXPEDITION--THE ANT...

PIRATICAL VOYAGE UNDER GEORGE ANSON--UNPARALLELED MORTALITY--ARRIVAL AND SOJOURN AT JUAN FERNANDEZ--A PRIZE--CAPTURE OF PAITA--PREPARATIONS TO ATTACK THE MANILLA GALLEON--DISAPP...

EXPEDITION DESPATCHED AT THE INSTANCE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY--LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--A NIGHT ON SHORE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO--ARRIVAL AT TAHITI--THE NATIVES P...

COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE--THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE--OMAI--HIS RECEPTION AT HOME--THE CREW FOREGO THEIR GROG--DISCOVERY OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS--NOOTKA SOUND--THE NATIVES--CAPE PRINCE OF...

From the oars, which were the only means of propulsion used in the galleys of antiquity, to the sails of a subsequent period, by which only favoring winds could be made use of,...

THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC VOYAGE OF CIRCUMNAVIGATION--THE DOLPHIN AND TAMAR--BYRON IN PATAGONIA--FALKLAND ISLANDS--ISLANDS OF DISAPPOINTMENT--ARRIVAL AT TINIAN--BYRON VERSUS ANSON--T...

THE TRANSPLANTATION OF THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE--THE VOYAGE OF THE BOUNTY--A MUTINY--BLIGH, THE CAPTAIN, WITH EIGHTEEN MEN, CAST ADRIFT IN THE LAUNCH--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE FROM T...

We have now entered the nineteenth century. From this time forward we shall find little or no romantic interest attaching to the history of the sea, with the single exception of...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK--THE OCEAN IN THE SCRIPTURAL PERIOD--THE MARVELS OF THE SEA--THE CLASSIC LEGENDS--THE FANTASTIC NOTIONS ENTERTAINED OF THE NORTH AND THE EQUATOR--THE GI...

APPLICATION OF STEAM TO NAVIGATION--ROBERT FULTON-CHANCELLOR LIVINGSTON--LAUNCH OF THE CLERMONT--SHE CROSSES THE HUDSON RIVER--HER VOYAGE TO ALBANY--DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENE--FU...

THE FIVE SHIPS OF ROTTERDAM--BATTLE AT THE ISLAND OF BRAVA--SEBALD DE WEERT--DISASTERS IN THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN--THE CREW EAT UNCOOKED FOOD--THE FLEET IS SCATTERED TO THE WINDS...

REMARKABLE FORESIGHT OF THE COURT OF ROME--A PAPAL BULL--FERDINAND MAGELLAN--HE OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO SPAIN--HIS PLANS--HIS FLEET--PIGAFETTA THE HISTORIAN--AN INAUSPICIOUS STAR...

THE FLOOD AND THE BUILDING OF THE ARK--THE ARGUMENTS OF INFIDELITY AGAINST A UNIVERSAL DELUGE--THE MATERIAL OF WHICH THE ARK WAS BUILT--ITS CAPACITY, DIMENSIONS, AND FORM--ITS P...

THE FLEET OF JORIS SPILBERGEN--ARRIVAL IN BRAZIL--ADVENTURES IN THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN--TRADE AT MOCHA ISLAND--TREACHERY AT SANTA MARIA--TERRIBLE BATTLE BETWEEN THE DUTCH AND SP...

LOUIS XVI. AND THE SCIENCE OF NAVIGATION--VOYAGE OF LAPÉROUSE--ARRIVAL AT EASTER ISLAND--ADDRESS OF THE NATIVES--OWHYHEE--TRADE AT MOWEE--SURVEY OF THE AMERICAN COAST--A REMARKA...

PONCE DE LEON--THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH--DISCOVERY OF FLORIDA--THE MARTYRS AND THE TORTUGAS--THE BAHAMA CHANNEL--VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA--HE GOES TO SEA IN A BARREL--MARRIES A LADY O...

THE EARLY MARITIME HISTORY OF THE GREEKS--THE EXPEDITION OF THE ARGONAUTS--THE VESSELS USED IN THE TROJAN WAR--SHIP-BUILDING IN THE TIME OF HOMER--THE POETIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE GR...

THE PORT OF PALOS--THE SUPERSTITION OF ITS MARINERS--THE HAND OF SATAN--A BIRD WHICH LIFTED VESSELS TO THE CLOUDS--THE PINTA AND THE NINA--THE SANTA MARIA--CAPACITY OF A SPANISH...

THE PORTUGUESE ON THE COAST OF AFRICA--THE SPANIARDS AND THE CANARY ISLES--DON HENRY OF PORTUGAL--THE TERRIBLE CAPE, NOW CAPE BOJADOR--THE SACRED PROMONTORY--DISCOVERY OF THE MA...

THE FAILING HEALTH OF COLUMBUS--HIS FOURTH VOYAGES--MARTINIQUE, PORTO RICCO, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICCA, PANAMA--HIS SEARCH FOR A CHANNEL ACROSS THE ISTHMUS--HE PREDICTS AN ECLIPSE...

ORIGIN OF ENGLISH PIRACY--SIR JOHN HAWKINS--FRANCIS DRAKE--HIS FIRST VOYAGE TO THE SPANISH MAIN--COMMISSION GRANTED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH--EXPEDITION AGAINST THE SPANISH POSSESSION...

THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION--THE ADVANCE IN WINTER QUARTERS--TOTAL DARKNESS--SLEDGE-PARTIES--ADVENTURES--THE FIRST DEATH--TENNYSON'S MONUMENT--HUMBOLDT GLACIER--THE OPEN POLA...

THE DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY--RENEWED SEARCH FOR THE TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA--JACOB ROGGEWEIN--HIS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY--BRUSH WITH PIRATES--ARRIVAL AT JUAN FERNANDEZ--EASTER I...

VOYAGE OF JACQUES CARTIER--MARITIME PROJECTS OF FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE--GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE--A QUICK TRIP HOME--SECOND VOYAGE--CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL--A CAPTIVE KING--VOYAGE OF...

DISCOVERY OF GUANAHANI--CEREMONIES OF TAKING POSSESSION--EXPLORATION OF THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS--SEARCH FOR GOLD--CUBA SUPPOSED BY COLUMBUS TO BE JAPAN--THE CANNIBALS--HAITI--RE...

QUIROS' THEORY OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT--HIS ARGUMENTS AND MEMORIALS--HIS FIRST VOYAGE--DISCOVERIES--ENCARNAÇION--SAGITTARIA, OR TAHITI--DESCRIPTION OF THESE ISLANDS--MANICOLO--E...

THE MOORS IN HINDUSTAN--CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY UPON THE ARRIVAL OF DA GAMA--HOSTILITY OF THE MOORS--THEY PREJUDICE THE KING OF CALICUT AGAINST THE PORTUGUESE--CONSEQUENT HOSTI...

The prow or foredeck of Greek vessels was ornamented on both sides by figures in mosaic or painted. An eye on each side of the cutwater, as is represented above, was a very comm...

THE VOYAGE OF WOODES ROGERS--DESERTION CHECKED BY A NOVEL CIRCUMSTANCE--A LIGHT SEEN UPON THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ--A BOAT SENT TO RECONNOITRE--ALEXANDER SELKIRK DISCOVERED-...

DISCOVERY OF THE PHILIPPINES--THE KING OF ZUBU WISHES THE KING OF SPAIN TO PAY TRIBUTE--HE FINALLY ABANDONS THE IDEA--A WHOLE ISLAND CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY--MAGELLAN PERFORMS...

BIRTH OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS--HIS EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION--HIS FIRST VOYAGE--HIS MARRIAGE--HIS MARITIME CONTEMPLATIONS--HE MAKES PROPOSALS TO THE SENATE OF GENOA, THE COURT OF...

THE FIRST MENTION OF THE LOADSTONE IN HISTORY--ITS EARLY NAMES--THE FIRST MENTION OF ITS DIRECTIVE POWER--A POEM UPON THE COMPASS SIX HUNDRED YEARS OLD--FRIAR BACON'S MAGNET--TH...

THE SHIPS, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION OF THE PHOENICIANS--THEIR TRADE WITH OPHIR--SIDON AND TYRE--THEIR VOYAGE ROUND AFRICA--NEW TYRE--A PATRIOTIC PHOENICIAN CAPTAIN--THE EGYPTIAN...

COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE--A STORM--SEPARATION OF THE SHIPS--AURORA AUSTRALIS--NEW ZEALAND--SIX WATER-SPOUTS AT ONCE--TAHITI AGAIN--PETTY THEFTS OF THE NATIVES--COOK VISITS THE TAHIT...

PORTUGUESE NAVIGATION UNDER EMMANUEL--POPULAR PREJUDICES--THE LUSIAD OF CAMOENS--VASCO DA GAMA--MAPS OF AFRICA OF THE PERIOD--PREPARATIONS FOR AN INDIAN VOYAGE--RELIGIOUS CEREMO...

COLONIZATION OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS--ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE--HIS VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD--ADVENTURE AT MONTEVIDEO--THE PATAGONIANS--TAKING POSSESSION OF TAHITI--FRENCH GALLANT...

POLICY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH--THOMAS CAVENDISH--HIS FIRST VOYAGE--EXPLOITS UPON THE AFRICAN AND BRAZILIAN COASTS--PORT DESIRE--PORT FAMINE--BATTLES WITH THE ARAUCANIANS--CAPTURE OF...

sails ashore, so that they were as helpless as logs. He rifled them of their silver, silk, and linen, and then cut their cables and let them drift out to sea. Learning that a ri...

THE SCANDINAVIAN SAILORS--THEIR PIRACIES AND COMMERCE--THE ANGLO-SAXONS--ALFRED THE GREAT A SHIP-BUILDER--THE VOYAGE OF BEOWULF--DISCOVERY OF ICELAND BY THE DANES--DISCOVERY OF...

Da Gama landed some two hundred miles beyond the Cape, and, discharging the victualling-ship of her stores, ordered her to be burned, as the king had directed. He then entered i...

Encouraged by the discovery of traces of her husband, Lady Franklin caused the Prince Albert, upon her return with the intelligence, to be at once refitted for another Arctic vo...

ATTEMPTS OF THE DUTCH TO DISCOVER A NORTHEAST PASSAGE--VOYAGE OF WILHELM BARENTZ--ARRIVAL AT NOVA ZEMBLA--WINTER QUARTERS--BUILDING A HOUSE--FIGHTS WITH BEARS--THE SUN DISAPPEAR...

SPREAD OF THE PORTUGUESE EAST INDIAN EMPIRE--ALPHONZO D'ALBUQUERQUE--IMMENSE SACRIFICE OF LIFE--ANCIENT ROUTE OF THE SPICE-TRADE WITH EUROPE--COMMERCE BY CARAVANS--REVOLUTION PR...

A FAMOUS VESSEL--THE MAYFLOWER--HER APPEARANCE--THE SPEEDWELL--DEPARTURE OF THE TWO SHIPS--ALLEGED UNSEAWORTHINESS OF THE SPEEDWELL--THE MAYFLOWER SAILS ALONE--THE EQUINOCTIAL--...

NAVIGATION DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE--THE RISE OF VENICE AND GENOA--THE CRUSADES--THEIR EFFECT UPON COMMERCE--WEDDING OF THE ADRIATIC--CREATION OF THE FRENCH NAVY--INTRODUCTION OF...

THE FICTION OF EL DORADO--MANOA--DESCRIPTION OF ITS FABLED SPLENDORS--ATTEMPTS OF THE SPANIARDS TO DISCOVER IT--SIR WALTER RALEIGH--HIS VOYAGE TO GUIANA--HIS ACCOUNT OF THE ORIN...

DISCOVERY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS BY MENDANA--HE SEEKS FOR THEM AGAIN THIRTY YEARS LATER--QUIROS--THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS--THE WOMEN COMPARED WITH THOSE OF LIMA--STRANGE FRUITS--CO...

THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO--THE FIRST MENTION OF JAPAN IN HISTORY--KUBLAI KHAN--MARCO POLO'S VOYAGE FROM AMOY TO ORMUZ--MALACCA--SUMATRA--PYGMIES--SINGULAR STORIES OF DIAMONDS--T...

increased--The earth the daughter of the ocean--The opinion of science--The mean depth of the ocean--The extent of the ocean--Its volume--Specific gravity of sea-water--Constitu...

DISCOVERY OF NEW HOLLAND--TASMAN ORDERED TO SURVEY THE ISLAND--DISCOVERY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND--OF NEW ZEALAND--MURDERERS' BAY--THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS--THE FEEJEES--NEW BRITAIN--AN...

THE PORTUGUESE CROSS THE EQUATOR FROM GUINEA TO CONGO--JOHN II. CONCEIVES THE IDEA OF A ROUTE BY SEA TO THE INDIES--HIS ARTIFICES TO PREVENT THE INTERFERENCE OF OTHER NATIONS--T...

The origin of navigation is unknown. It has baffled the research of antiquaries, for the simple reason that men sailed upon the sea before they committed the records of their hi...

DRAKE'S EXPLOIT WITH A SLEEPING SPANIARD--HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AT CALLAO--BATTLE WITH A TREASURE-SHIP--DRAKE GIVES A RECEIPT FOR HER CARGO--INDITES A TOUCHING EPISTLE--HIS PLANS FOR...

the Arrival of Da Gama--Hostility of the Moors--They prejudice the King of Calicut against the Portuguese--Consequent Hostilities--Da Gama sets out upon his Return--Wild Cinnamo...

wishes the King of Spain to pay Tribute--He finally abandons the idea--A whole Island converted to Christianity--Magellan performs a Miracle--A Dumb Man recovers his Speech--Mag...

Crocodiles, Apes, and Volcanoes--The Voyage of Himilcon to Al-Bion--The Voyage and Ignominious Fate of Sataspes the Persian--The Voyage of Pytheas the Phocian--The Sacred Promon...

Names--The First Mention of its Directive Power--A Poem upon the Compass Six Hundred Years Old--Friar Bacon's Magnet--The Loadstone in Arabia--An Eye-Witness of its Efficiency i...

Florida--The Martyrs and the Tortugas--The Bahama Channel--Vasco Nuñez de Balboa--He goes to Sea in a Barrel--Marries a Lady of the Isthmus--His Search for Gold--Hears of a Migh...

Brazil--Adventures in the Strait of Magellan--Trade at Mocha Island--Treachery at Santa Maria--Terrible Battle between the Dutch and Spanish Fleets--Ravages of the Coast--Skirmi...

Achievements at Callao--Battle with a Treasure-Ship--Drake gives a Receipt for her Cargo--Indites a Touching Epistle--His Plans for Returning Home--Fresh Captures--Performances...

Hand of Satan--A Bird which lifted Vessels to the Clouds--The Pinta and the Nina--The Santa Maria--Capacity of a Spanish Caravel--The three Pinzons--The Departure--Columbus' Jou...

and Education--His First Voyage--His Marriage--His Maritime Contemplations--He makes Proposals to the Senate of Genoa, the Court of Venice, and the King of Portugal--The Duplici...

Manner of Life--Dress--Occupation-The Island of Tortuga their Head-Quarters--Their Religious Scruples--Manner of dividing Spoils--The Exterminator--The Observance of the Sabbath...

Society--Lieutenant James Cook--Incidents of the Voyages--A Night on Shore in Terra del Fuego--Arrival at Tahiti--The Natives pick their Pockets--The Observatory--A Native chews...

Possession--Exploration of the Neighboring Islands--Search for Gold--Cuba supposed by Columbus to be Japan--The Cannibals--Haiti--Return Homewards--A Storm--An Appeal to the Vir...

Bull--Ferdinand Magellan--He offers his Services to Spain--His Plans--His Fleet--Pigafetta the Historian--An Inauspicious Start--Teneriffe and its Legends--St. Elmo's Fire--The...

and Memorials--His First Voyage--Discoveries--Encarnaçion--Sagittaria, or Tahiti--Description of these Islands--Manicolo--Espiritu Santo--Its Productions and Inhabitants--Quiros...

Cable--The Failure in the Month of June--Description of the Cable--The Voyage of the Niagara--The Continuity--All Right again--Change from one Coil to Another--The Knights of th...

Brava--Sebald de Weert--Disasters in the Strait of Magellan--The Crew eat Uncooked Food--The Fleet is scattered to the Winds--Adventures of De Weert--A Wretched Object--Return t...

Voyage--Martinique, Porto Rico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama--His Search for a Channel across the Isthmus--He predicts an Eclipse of the Moon at Jamaica--His Return--The Death...

of Lapérouse--Arrival at Easter Island--Address of the Natives--Owhyhee--Trade at Mowee--Survey of the American Coast--A Remarkable Inlet--Distressing Calamity--Sojourn at Monte...

the Canary Isles--Don Henry of Portugal--The Terrible Cape, now Cape Bojador--The Sacred Promontory--Discovery of the Madeiras--A Dreadful Phenomenon--A Prolific Rabbit and a Wo...

d'Albuquerque--Immense Sacrifice of Life--Ancient Route of the Spice-Trade with Europe--Commerce by Caravans--Revolution produced by opening the New Route--Francesco Almeida--Di...

of Francis I. of France--Gulf of St Lawrence--A Quick Trip Home--Second Voyage--Canada, Quebec, Montreal--A Captive King--Voyage of Sir Hugh Willoughby and Richard Chancellor--D...

Fulton--Chancellor Livingston--Launch of the Clermont--She crosses the Hudson River--Her Voyage to Albany--Description of the Scene--Fulton's own Account--Legislative Protection...

the Terra Australis Incognita--Jacob Roggewein--His Voyage of Discovery--Brush with Pirates--Arrival at Juan Fernandez--Easter Island--Its Inhabitants--Entertainment of one on b...

Mortality--Arrival and Sojourn at Juan Fernandez--A Prize--Capture of Paita--Preparations to attack the Manilla Galleon--Disappointment--Fortunate Arrival at Tinian--Romantic Ac...

Voyage of the Bounty--A Mutiny--Bligh, the Captain, with Eighteen Men, cast adrift in the Launch--Incidents of the Voyage from Tahiti to Timor--Terrible Sufferings and a Marvell...

of the Argonauts--The Vessels used in the Trojan War--Ship-Building in the Time of Homer--The Poetic Geography of the Greeks--The Palace of the Sun--The Marvels of a Voyage out...

Commerce--The Anglo-Saxons--Alfred the Great a Ship-Builder--The Voyage of Beowulf--Discovery of Iceland by the Danes--Discovery of Greenland--The Voyage of Bjarni and Leif to t...

Pole--D'Urville--Enderby's Land--Back's Voyage in the Terror--The Great Western and Sirius--United States' Exploring Expedition--The Antarctic Continent--Sir John Franklin's Las...

with compressed air--The submarine hydrostat--Operations at Hell Gate--Diving apparatus--Submarine explosions--Improved diving dresses--Their use--Work of various kinds done wit...

Period--The Marvels of the Sea--The Classic Legends--The Fantastic Notions entertained of the North and the Equator--The Giant of the Canaries--The Sea of Sea-Weed--The Spectre...

Congo--John II. conceives the idea of a Route by Sea to the Indies--His Artifices to prevent the Interference of other Nations--The Overland Journey of Covillam to India--The Vo...

Novel Circumstance--A Light seen upon the Island of Juan Fernandez--A Boat sent to Reconnoitre--Alexander Selkirk discovered--His History and Adventures--His Dress, Food, and Oc...

Reception at Home--The Crew forego their Grog--Discovery of the Sandwich Islands--Nootka Sound--The Natives--Cape Prince of Wales--Two Continents in Sight--Icy Cape--Return to t...

First Voyage--Exploits upon the African and Brazilian Coasts--Port Desire--Port Famine--Battles with the Araucanians--Capture of Paita--Robbery of a Church--Repeated Acts of Bri...

Passage--Voyage of Wilhelm Barentz--Arrival at Nova Zembla--Winter Quarters--Building a House--Fights with Bears--The Sun Disappears--The Clock Stops, and the Beer Freezes--The...

Drake--His First Voyage to the Spanish Main--Commission granted by Queen Elizabeth--Expedition against the Spanish Possessions--Exploits at Mogador and Santiago--Crossing the Li...

Dolphin and Tamar--Byron in Patagonia--Falkland Islands--Islands of Disappointment--Arrival at Tinian--Byron versus Anson--The Voyage Home--Wallis and Carteret--Their Observatio...

Prejudices--The Lusind of Camoens--Vasco da Gama--Maps of Africa of the Period--Preparations for an Indian Voyage--Religious Ceremonies--The Departure--Rendezvous at the Cape Ve...

Phoenicians--Their Trade with Ophir--Sidon and Tyre--Their Voyage round Africa--New Tyre--A Patriotic Phoenician Captain--The Egyptians as a Maritime People--Their Ships and Com...

Japan in History--Kublai Khan--Marco Polo's Voyage from Amoy to Ormuz--Malacca--Sumatra--Pygmies--Singular Stories of Diamonds--The Roc--Polo not recognised upon his Return--His...

Fabled Splendors--Attempts of the Spaniards to Discover it--Sir Walter Raleigh--His Voyage to Guiana--His Account of the Orinoco--His Description of the Scenery--His Return--His...

for them again Thirty Years later--Quiros--The Marquesas Islands--The Women compared with those of Lima--Strange Fruits--Conversions to Christianity--Arduous Voyage--Santa Cruz-...

Ships--Aurora Australis--New Zealand--Six Water-Spouts at once--Tahiti again--Petty Thefts of the Natives--Cook visits the Tahitian Theatre--Omai--Arrival at the Friendly Island...

sponge--Transplanting sponges--Coral fisheries--The coral an animal--The discovery of this--Oyster fishery--The oyster a social animal--The young oyster--Oyster culture--Dredgin...

us--Deep sea soundings--First attempts--Implements used for it--The chance for inventors--The temperature of the sea--Deep sea temperature--Self-regulating thermometers--Serial...

and Genoa--The Crusades--Their Effect upon Commerce--Wedding of the Adriatic--Creation of the French Navy--Introduction of Eastern Art into Europe--Maps of the Middle Ages--Remo...

Island--Discovery of Van Diemen's Land--Of New Zealand--Murderers' Bay--The Friendly Islands--The Feejees--New Britain--An Earthquake at Sea--A Copious Language--Circumnavigatio...

de Bougainville--His Voyage around the World--Adventure at Montevideo--The Patagonians--Taking Possession of Tahiti--French Gallantry--Ceremonies of Reception--Sojourn at the Is...

Winter Quarters--Total Darkness--Sledge-Parties--Adventures--The First Death--Tennyson's Monument--Humboldt Glacier--The Open Polar Sea--Second Winter--Abandonment of the Brig--...