SEAFARING LORE & LEGEND Miscellany of Maritime Myth, Superstition, Fable Fact

Peter D. Jeans (2004  First Edition Like New) “RARE” FREE POST WITH ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA  $29

 

Maritime folklore and history hardcover in clean, Like New condition. Binding remains tight and square and interior pages are clean, fully legible and securely bound throughout, with a small specialist chart and map shop label on the front pastedown but no additional writing, highlighting, underlining, tears or loose leaves visible on inspection. I

tem includes the single International Marine Seafaring Lore & Legend hardcover with its dust jacket only; no slipcase, access codes, discs or supplementary materials are included.

Author: Peter D. Jeans.

Title: Seafaring Lore & Legend: A Miscellany of Maritime Myth, Superstition, Fable, and Fact.

Format: Illustrated maritime folklore and nautical history hardcover with dust jacket.

Publisher: International Marine, an imprint of The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Publication details: First published 2004; this International Marine hardcover edition 2004 by Peter D. Jeans and printed in the United States of America.

Language: English.

Original language: English.

Genre: Folklore & mythology; history; maritime; sailing.

Narrative type: Non-fiction reference.

Country of origin: United States.

Intended audience: Young adult and adult readers interested in nautical history, seafaring life, ocean folklore and sea stories.

Topics: Origins of maritime myths and legends; biblical and classical sea stories; fabled islands and lost continents; legendary voyages and sea quests; maritime history from naval power to merchant shipping; nautical customs and curiosities; life at sea including shipboard hardships, hazards and traditions; pirates, privateers and mutinies; castaways, shipwrecks and survivors; sea monsters, mermaids, sirens and wraiths of the sea; ghost ships and nautical superstitions from the albatross to Fiddler's Green.

Type: Single stand-alone reference volume collecting short essays, anecdotes and entries on myths, beliefs, customs, historical episodes and curiosities drawn from the maritime traditions of many cultures and periods.

CONTENTS:

·        Organised into sections including In the Beginning;

·        Fabled Lands;

·        Legendary Voyages;

·        Sea Quests of Old;

·        Maritime History;

·        Nautical Custom;

·        Life at Sea;

·        The Captain and His Ship;

·        A Murmuring of Men;

·        Big Ships and Battles;

·        Death and Disaster;

·        Navigable Waters;

·        Castaways and Survivors;

·        At Odds with the Law;

·        Sea Fancies;

·        Myth and Mystery;

·        Sea Monsters;

·        Wraiths of the Sea;

·        Superstition and Belief; followed by sources and notes, select bibliography and index.

Details: Medium-format blue hardback volume with a colour-illustrated dust jacket featuring a giant sea monster entwined around sailing ships, red and yellow title lettering to the front panel and spine, and cream paper text pages set in a clear serif typeface.

Illustrations: Includes small black-and-white drawings, decorative vignettes and chapter-heading illustrations integrated with the text.

Features: Brings together nautical myths, legends, superstitions and factual history from Noah's Ark and ancient voyages to modern sailing; explains the origins and meanings of naval salutes, the Beaufort scale, flogging a dead horse and other shipboard customs; discusses sea chanteys, scurvy, navigation hazards, famous captains and their ships, notable wrecks and mutinies, mermaids and sea nymphs, ghost ships and other maritime wonders; supported by bibliographical references and an index for further research.

PUBLISHER: McGraw Hill, Sydney. Hardcover 235 mm x 160 mm.  370 pages. Index.  ISBN: 639785803096. Weight: 530g