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

CHAPTER I.--The Purpose of this Work--The Ocean in the Scriptural

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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 of the Cape--The Gradual Surrender of the Secrets of the Sea--It becomes the Highway of Nations--Its Present Aspect--Its Poetical Significance--Its Moral Lessons 19