A Century of Our Sea Story (Classic Reprint)
Author | : Walter Jeffery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2016-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781333809812 |
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Author | : Walter Jeffery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2016-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781333809812 |
Author | : Walter James Jeffery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : BiblioBazaar |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2016-04-24 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781354446836 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Callum Roberts |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 615 |
Release | : 2009-01-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1597265772 |
Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss years before the explorers set sail. As Callum M. Roberts reveals in The Unnatural History of the Sea, the oceans’ bounty didn’t disappear overnight. While today’s fishing industry is ruthlessly efficient, intense exploitation began not in the modern era, or even with the dawn of industrialization, but in the eleventh century in medieval Europe. Roberts explores this long and colorful history of commercial fishing, taking readers around the world and through the centuries to witness the transformation of the seas. Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, and giant fish. The abundance of marine life described by fifteenth century seafarers is almost unimaginable today, but Roberts both brings it alive and artfully traces its depletion. Collapsing fisheries, he shows, are simply the latest chapter in a long history of unfettered commercialization of the seas. The story does not end with an empty ocean. Instead, Roberts describes how we might restore the splendor and prosperity of the seas through smarter management of our resources and some simple restraint. From the coasts of Florida to New Zealand, marine reserves have fostered spectacular recovery of plants and animals to levels not seen in a century. They prove that history need not repeat itself: we can leave the oceans richer than we found them.
Author | : Walter Jeffery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ralph D. Paine |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2018-01-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780483199125 |
Excerpt from Ships Across the Sea: Stories of the American Navy in the Great War Among the twelve hundred men aboard the flag ship you could have found no more ardent champion of the holiday spirit than Henry Turnbull, boat swain's mate, who was commonly called Bugs. This surging enthusiasm was illogical and unexpected. It perplexed all hands. He was a slow, stubborn per son of few words and fewer friends, mild-mannered enough unless goaded too far, when the raw-boned frame and hairy fists were a persuasive argument. When off duty he was usually reading some book from the ship's library or picked up in a second-hand shop, scowling at the pages with earnest interest and muttering the words aloud. His faithful chum, his right bower, was unlike him, of course. The peppery, quick-witted Jim Cooney was all that a petty officer ought to be a brisk little man with a blue eye that bored like a gimlet. When he rasped out a command there was no dilly dallying. He bullied Bugs Turnbull outrageously, and their quarrels diverted the gun deck, but they had been inseparable through two enlistments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Joseph Lewis French |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2015-07-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781331481669 |
Excerpt from Great Sea Stories The noble band of singers of the sea, from the days ofthe Elizabethans to the sublime Swinburne, belongs to another volume. It is the sincere hope of the compiler that the present collection offers undisputable evidence that the prose tradition has been fully, sustained and that the reader will find in these pages living testimony to the marvelous interest of the theme - its virility and its beauty. Joseph lewis french. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Cyrus Townsend Brady |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2017-11-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780331743494 |
Excerpt from Sea Stories Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor! To run away to sea has been the misdirected ambition of many a youngster, and some lads there are Who have realized their desire to their sorrow. The boy who has not cherished in his heart and exhibited in his actions at sometime or other during his youthful days, a love of Ships and salt water, is fit for well, he is fit for the shore, and that is the worst thing a sailor could say about him! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : E. E. Hale |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2015-07-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781331600497 |
Excerpt from Stories of the Sea: Told by Sailors The first volume has been kindly received by the public and by the press. But I have observed a certain misconception of the object in view, which shows that I ought to have stated the plan more distinctly than I thought necessary. In that flattering tone which is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Cyril Hall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2015-08-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781332193905 |
Excerpt from The Sea and Its Wonders The Sea and Its Wonders was written by Cyril Hall. This is a 316 page book, containing 80555 words and 69 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.