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INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Adler at Samoa, [200].
- Agalma elegans, [264].
- Alabama, the, in action, [136], [158].
- Algæ, typical, [252], [254].
- Almirante Cochrane, in action with Huascar, [141].
- America, the yacht, [158], [195].
- Antarctic scenery, [101].
- Ardois night-signals at sea, [205].
- Argonaut shell, [274].
- Armada, style of ships of the, [115].
- Balloon-sail, [158], [186].
- Battle-ships, modern steel, [134], [142], [144], [147], [150], [153]. See also [Line-of-Battle Ships].
- Beam-trawl for deep-sea dredging, [261].
- Biremes, Roman, [42]. See [Galleys].
- Boat-davits, [223], [232].
- Bon Homme Richard, the, [182].
- Bottle-fish, the, [263].
- Bowsprit, the, and its rigs, [38], [63], [113], [120], [158], [175]. See [Cutters] and [Sloops].
- Breeches-buoy, method of using, [229].
- Buckeye, or “bugeye,” a, [198].
- Buoys, [225], [226], [227].
- Cambria, model of, [195].
- Cameos, shell used for, [270].
- Can-buoys, [225].
- Canoes, [28], [37], [45], [198].
- Caravels, [35], [61], [63], [65], [76].
- Carronade, an old, [185].
- Cassis, a typical, [270].
- “Castles,” fore and aft, on ancient ships, [35], [57], [63], [65], [112], [113], [115], [119].
- Catboat, a Newport, [195].
- Center-board boats, models of, [195].
- Chain-plates, [172].
- Channels, [172].
- Chart, an early, [54].
- Chinese boats, [32]. Compare [Malay Boats].
- Clewed-up, mainsails, [120], [184].
- Clipper-ship, a, [158], [164].
- Coast, destruction of, by the sea, [3], [5], [7], [10], [15], [58].
- Collision, scene in a, [202].
- Columbia, the, [146].
- Columbus, Christopher, flag-ship of, [63].
- Columbus, Christopher, statue of, [60].
- Constellation, [184].
- Constitution frigate, [106], [132].
- Costumes of mariners, [117], [123], [142], [147], [157], [172], [179].
- Cruisers, modern steel, [146], [150], [154], [205].
- Crustaceans of the deep sea, [273].
- Cutters, [188], [191], [193].
- Day-marks (for pilots), [225].
- Deck scenes, modern, [142], [147], [154], [164], [261].
- Deck scenes on old-time vessels, [117], [130].
- Deep-sea dredging apparatus, [261].
- Diatoms, [257].
- Diving-dress, [258].
- Driver (sail). See [Spanker].
- Dynamite-cruiser, in action, [154].
- Earthquake waves, [18], [21].
- El Chico, model of, [195].
- Eskimos in summer, [83].
- Felucca, a, [175].
- Fin-keel yachts, models of, [195].
- Fiord, a, in New Zealand, [15].
- Fish-curing at St. Pierre, [243].
- Fishes, deep-sea, [263].
- Fishing-boats, American, [245], [247].
- Fishing-boats, Canadian, [5], [17], [243].
- Fishing-boats, French, [7].
- Fishing-boats of the Mediterranean, [38].
- Fishing-pound, at low tide, [17].
- Flare, burning a, at sea, [221].
- Flying Dutchman, the, [57].
- Fog-bell, a, [219].
- Fore-and-aft rig, [221].
- Frigates, [125], [132], [136], [182], [184].
- Full-rigged ship. See [Ship].
- Gaff-topsail, [186], [193], [221]. See [Cutters] and [Sloops].
- Galleons, Spanish, [119].
- Galleys, ancient, [42], [43], [109], [111], [112].
- Genesta, the yacht, [191], [195].
- Gloriana, model of, [195].
- Great Harry, bow of, [113].
- Guerrière, frigate, in action, [125].
- Gulfweed and its inhabitants, [252].
- Halcyon, the, yacht, [186].
- Hamilcar’s stairway of the galleys, [109].
- Hand-line fishing, [245].
- Helmet-shell, a, [270].
- Homeward-bound pennant, [133].
- “Hove to,” attitude of sails, [37], [247].
- Huascar, in action, [141].
- Hydroid, a compound, [264].
- Icebergs and ice-floes, [79], [80], [85], [89], [92], [97], [103], [105].
- Indiana, the, [144].
- Irex, the yacht, [191].
- Ironclads, early, [134], [138], [139], [141].
- Jellyfish, a typical, [262].
- Jib-sails, [120], [158], [175], [186].
- Jib-staysails, [89], [158], [175], [221].
- Kearsarge, the, in action with the Alabama, [136].
- Krakatoa, in eruption, [12].
- Lanterns, stern, of old ships, [57], [115].
- Lateen rigs, [28], [35], [37], [38], [61], [181].
- Launch, a steam, [153].
- Leeboard, a, [198].
- Leg-of-mutton sails, [198].
- Life-boat, a self-righting, [230].
- Life-saving service, the, [228], [229], [230].
- Light-houses, [18], [213], [214], [215].
- Light-ship, Nantucket, [217], [218].
- Light-ship, Sandy Hook, [186].
- Line-of-battle ships, wooden, [120], [134].
- Lugsail rigs, [42], [43], [45], [48].
- Magic, model of, [195].
- Main chains, [172].
- Maine, the, [153].
- Mainsail or main course, [120], [158], [164], [175], [184], [221].
- Malay boats, [28], [181].
- Maria, the yacht, [188].
- Massachusetts, the, [142].
- Matting sails, [32], [181].
- Mayflower, the yacht, [186], [194].
- Medieval vessels, various forms of, [35], [63], [65], [112], [115], [119].
- Meleagrina, [270].
- Merrimac, the, [138].
- Midnight sun at sea, [2].
- Midshipmen of [181]2, [123].
- Military masts, ancient, [111].
- Military masts, modern, [134], [141], [144], [146], [150], [153], [205].
- Minot’s Ledge lighthouse, [213].
- Mischief model of, [195].
- Miter-shells (Mitra), [270].
- Mizzen, the ancient (compare [Spanker]), [63].
- Models of hulls of yachts, [195].
- Mollusks, shells of. See [Sea-shells].
- Monitor, the, [139].
- Monitors, [139], [149], [150].
- Muleta, a, [38]. Compare [Felucca].
- Murex-shells, [263], [272].
- Muriel, the yacht, [193].
- Nelson, portrait of, [129].
- Nelson, signal of, at Trafalgar, [127].
- Nun buoys, [225].
- Obstruction buoy, [226].
- Olive-shell (Oliva), [268].
- Outriggers, forms of, [28], [37].
- Packet, a Liverpool, [160].
- Paper-nautilus, the, [274].
- Pearl-oyster, the, [270].
- Pelagia cyanella, [262].
- Pelican-fish, the, [263].
- Penguins, Antarctic, [101], [103].
- Physophore, a, [264].
- Pilot-boat, [221], [223].
- Pirates, at home, [179].
- Pirates, Malay, [181].
- Proas, Malay, [28], [37].
- Pteroceras lambis, [270].
- Puritan, the yacht, [194], [195].
- Raking masts, [188], [198].
- Rapid-fire guns, [147].
- Reefing a topsail, [31].
- Reef-points, [43], [120], [132], [158], [188].
- Rowboats, [45], [236], [239], [248]. See also [Galleys] and [Yawl].
- Royal sails, [132], [158], [184].
- Sails, decorated, [45], [48], [63].
- Sails, various forms of, [31], [32], [113], [115], [119], [181]. See also [names of sails and rigs].
- Saloon of a modern steamship, [161].
- Saloon of a packet-ship, [160].
- Samoans battling with surf, [208].
- Sandbagger-sloop, a, [197].
- Sappho, model of, [195].
- Sargassum, a piece of, [252].
- Schooners, [26],[186], [188], [221], [223], [247].
- Scorpion-shell, the, [270].
- Sea-anemones, [273].
- Sea-caves, [10].
- Sea-fights, [74], [106], [111], [115], [117], [119], [125], [130], [136], [141], [147], [175], [182].
- Search-lights, [150], [153].
- Sea-shells, [268], [270], [271], [272], [274].
- Sea-slugs (Doris), [252].
- Seaweeds, [252], [254].
- Serapis, the, [182].
- Ship, a full-rigged, [37], [89], [92], [120], [132], [133], [158], [184], [232], [234].
- Ship of the line. See [Line-of-Battle Ships].
- Ship weathering a gale with sails furled, [8], [56], [89], [207].
- Ships’ boats, [232], [236], [239].
- Sharpie, a, [198].
- Shrouds, [164], [172].
- Sidewheel steamer, a, [21].
- Signal flags, [127].
- Signaling at sea, [205], [206], [221].
- Signal-mast, a, [142].
- Siren, on a steamship, [220].
- Sky-scraper sails, [132], [184].
- Sloops, [24], [186], [194], [197], [199].
- Sloops-of-war, [130], [207].
- Spanker-, driver-, or mizzen-sail, [89], [196].
- Spar buoys, [225].
- Sponsons, [144], [153].
- Starfish, the common, [267].
- Staysails, [221].
- Steam frigates, [136], [138].
- Steamships, modern mercantile, [161], [167], [181], [223].
- Steam-yacht, a, [186].
- Steering oar, a modern, [239].
- Storm scenes, [18], [21], [24], [31], [56], [200], [207], [208], [213], [217], [247].
- Studding-sails, [132], [133], [158], [184].
- Surf, and its effect, [3], [21], [71], [208].
- Tara, the yacht, [191].
- Tecumseh, the monitor, [149].
- Theseus and Guerrière, [125].
- Thistle, model of, [195].
- Tides—scene at low tide, [17].
- Topcastles, [63], [111].
- Topgallantsails, [120], [132], [158], [184].
- Topsails, [120], [125], [158], [175].
- Topsails, square, [120],[132], [184]. (See also [Ships, Full-Rigged].)
- Torpedo-boats, [150], [151].
- Torpedo-boats, submarine, [152].
- Torpedoes and their effect, [149], [150].
- Towing a barge, [170].
- Trying out whale-blubber, [234].
- Turrets, [142], [144], [150], [153].
- Venus’ Comb, [271].
- Very night-signals, [206].
- Vesuvius, the, [154].
- Viking ships, [45], [48], [51].
- Volcanoes on the sea-shore, [12].
- Volunteer, model of, [186], [195].
- Walking the plank, [172].
- Walruses on the ice, [80].
- Ward-room of a war-ship, [123].
- Wasp, in action with Frolic, [130].
- Wasp, model of the yacht, [195].
- Waves, oceanic, [8], [15], [24], [56], [57].
- Whale, sperm, head of, [240].
- Whaleback, a, [169].
- Whaleboats, [232], [236], [239], [240].
- Whalers, [232]-[240].
- Whistling buoy, [227].
- Wreck, [130], [149], [202], [229], [230].
- Yachts, models of, [195].
- Yachts, racing, [186], [188], [191], [193], [195].
- Yawl, a ship’s, [105], [223].
- Yawl-rig, the, [197].


GENERAL INDEX
- Africa, first circumnavigated, [41].
- “America,” origin of the name, [63].
- America, visited by Norsemen, [45], [48].
- America Cup, races for, [190]-[195].
- American Arctic exploration, [86], [89], [90].
- Atlantic, North, early voyages in, [44].
- Atlantic Ocean, defined, [5].
- Atlantis, the fabled land of, [6].
- Alert, Arctic expedition of, [96].
- Algæ. See [Seaweeds].
- Algerian pirates, [173].
- Ancient sea-animals, [259].
- Andrée’s Arctic balloon, [100].
- Animal life in the sea, [259]-[274].
- Animals inhabiting seaweeds, [251], [252], [257].
- Antarctic Ocean, defined, [7].
- Arabic commerce, [43].
- Arabs, as navigators, [52], [57].
- Arctic American coast traced, [81], [82], [83], [88].
- Arctic exploration, [77]-[100].
- Arctic Ocean, defined, [7].
- Armada, the Spanish, [114]-[117].
- Armor for ships, [136], [138], [145].
- Astrolabe, the, [53], [73].
- Australia, discovery of, [72], [76].
- Baffin, voyage to Baffin’s Bay, [79], [81].
- Balboa, discovers the Pacific, [64].
- Banks of Newfoundland, fishing on, [245].
- Barataria pirates of Louisiana, [179].
- Barbarossa, the brothers, [171].
- Barbary States, the, [174].
- Barentz and Barentz’s Sea, [78], [91].
- Barks described, [36], [38].
- Battle-ships, modern steel, [140]-[148].
- Bering, expeditions of, [80].
- Biremes, Greek and Roman, [108].
- Bjärne’s discoveries, [46].
- Boats of the Egyptians, [28], [30], [32].
- Boats of the Phœnicians, [28], [30], [33].
- Boats of early Scandinavians, [29], [30].
- Boats, primitive, [27].
- Bon Homme Richard and Serapis, [128].
- Bowsprit sails, [34], [37].
- Brazil, discovery of, [62], [64].
- Brazil, the name, [66].
- Brigs described, [36].
- Buccaneers, career of the, [177].
- Buckeye, or “bugeye,” [198].
- Buoys and channel marks, [225].
- Cabot’s voyage to America, [65], [67].
- Canada discovered, [68].
- Cape Horn, first rounded, [72].
- Cape of Good Hope discovered, [54].
- Captain capsized, [201].
- Caravels of Columbus, [34], [35], [61], [63].
- Carrageen or Irish moss, [255].
- Carthaginians as navigators, [42].
- Cartier discovers Canada, [68].
- Catboat described, [35].
- Center-board, explained, [189].
- Challenger expedition, [10], [272].
- Chancellor, voyage of, to the White Sea, [77].
- Charybdis, whirlpool of, [19].
- Chesapeake and Shannon, [129].
- Chinese as navigators, [52].
- Clippers, Baltimore, [183].
- Colossus of Rhodes, [211].
- Columbus, Christopher, [59].
- Commerce at sea, history of, [155]-[170].
- Commerce, early European, [52], [155].
- Commerce, medieval, [156].
- Commerce, modern, [159].
- Compass, the mariner’s, [51].
- Constitution, U. S. frigate, [130]-[133].
- Constitution, in the war with Tripoli,[174].
- Cook, Captain James, voyage of, [75].
- Copenhagen, battle of, [126].
- Corals and coral polyps, [265].
- Corsairs, the, [172].
- Corte-Real, voyage of, [68].
- Crabs, caught for market, [266].
- Cruisers, service of, [121], [140].
- Currents in the ocean. [See Ocean Currents.]
- Cutter, rig of a, [35].
- Dampier, voyages of, [73].
- Dangers of the Deep, [200]-[230].
- Davis, exploration of Davis’s Strait, [78].
- Decatur’s exploit at Tripoli, [175].
- Deep-sea conditions of life, [263].
- De Long, death of Lieutenant, [95].
- Dias, Bartholomew, voyage of, [53].
- Diatoms described, [249], [257].
- Distribution of animals in the sea, [261].
- “Don’t give up the ship,” [129].
- Drake, Francis, [114], [181].
- Dredging, deep-sea, [260].
- Dynamite-throwing, [154].
- Earthquake-waves, [203].
- East India Companies, [157], [159].
- “East Indiaman,” an, [162].
- East Indian pirates, [180].
- East Indies, the, [69], [71], [74].
- Eddystone lighthouse, [212].
- Egypt’s grain-trade, [156].
- “England expects every man will do his duty,” [126], [127].
- England’s sea-wars, [114], [129], [157].
- Erik the Red, [45].
- Faroes discovered, [44].
- Fishing and other Marine Industries, [231]-[248].
- Fishing in the North Atlantic, [244].
- Fin keels, [194], [195].
- Fire-ships, [116].
- Fog-horns and sirens, [219].
- Fram, voyage of the, [99].
- Francis Joseph Land, [93], [100].
- Franklin, Sir John, [82], [83], [88].
- French-American naval war, [126].
- Frigates, service of, [121], [122], [130].
- Frobisher, Martin, [77], [114].
- Fundy, tides in the Bay of, [19].
- Galiot, the, [112].
- Galleass, the, [112].
- Galleon, the, [112], [116], [173], [182].
- Galleys, early types of, [107], [111], [112].
- Gallivat, the, [112].
- Geography, early knowledge of, [50].
- Great Harry, the, [114].
- Greely, Gen. A. W., Arctic work by, [96].
- Greenland discovered, [45].
- Greenland, coasts explored, [91], [96], [99].
- Guerrière, story of the, [131].
- Gulf Stream, the, [22], [23].
- Gulfweed (Sargassum), [251], [252].
- Gunnbjörn, [45].
- Guns of war-ships, [145]-[148].
- Hall, Charles, Arctic exploration by, [90].
- Hand-line fishing, [245], [246].
- Hanno, expedition of, [42].
- Harbor-beacons, [225].
- Harbor-defense vessels, [140].
- Hawkins, John, [114], [181].
- Henry, the navigator, [52], [53].
- Hittites, the, as navigators, [40].
- Holland, as a sea-power, [118], [122].
- Howard, Admiral, [114], [115].
- Hudson, discoveries by, [78].
- Iceland discovered, [44].
- Indian Ocean defined, [6].
- Instruments for navigation, [52], [57], [73].
- Irish moss, [255].
- Irish sea-wanderers, [44].
- Ironclads, early, [136].
- Jean Bart, the privateer, [182].
- Jeannette, voyage of the, [94].
- Kane, Dr. E. K., Arctic exploration by, [86].
- Kearsarge and Alabama, [136].
- Kearsarge wrecked, [201].
- Kelp and kelp-ash, [253], [256].
- Kidd, Captain, the pirate, [178].
- Krakatoa, explosion of, [203].
- Kuroshiwo (Japan current), [22], [24].
- Lafitte, the pirate, [189].
- La Plata, Rio, first entered, [69].
- Lateen rigs, [32], [34].
- Lead keels, [194].
- Lee-board, explained, [179].
- Leif Erikson’s voyage, [47].
- Lepanto, victory of, [111].
- Letters of marque, [180].
- Life-saving service, the United States, [227].
- Lighthouses, arrangements for lighting, [216].
- Lighthouses, history of, [211], [212], [213], [254].
- Light-ships, American, [216].
- Line-of-battle ships, [121], [134].
- Live stock carried on long voyages, [163].
- Lockwood reaches “highest north,” [98].
- Lug-sails explained, [133].
- McClure, Arctic exploration by, [84], [87].
- Maelstrom, the, [19].
- Magellan circumnavigates the world, [69].
- Magnetic pole determined, [82].
- Maps, early, [50], [53], [54], [62].
- Masts, names of, [36].
- Medieval ships, [33].
- Mediterranean Sea, defined, [9].
- Melville’s search for Jeannette survivors, [95].
- Mercator, the map-maker, [72].
- Merchants of the Sea, the, [155]-[170].
- Mines, submarine, [148].
- Minot’s Ledge lighthouse, [214].
- Mollusks, utility of, [269].
- Monitor, the, [139], [141].
- Morgan, the pirate, [178].
- Mother-of-pearl, [269].
- Murex-shells, [274].
- Myths as to Atlantic islands, [65].
- Nansen, Arctic work of, [99].
- Napoleon’s sea-campaigns, [122].
- Naval warfare, beginning of, [107].
- Naval warfare, medieval, [110].
- Naval warfare, theory of, [118].
- Navigation, prehistoric, [39].
- Navigation, instruments for, [52], [57], [73].
- Navy, Byzantine, [110].
- Navy, French, [122].
- Navy, Greek, [107].
- Navy, English, [113], [119], [129], [183].
- Navy, Roman, [148], [156].
- Nearchus, voyage of, [43].
- Nelson, Admiral Horatio, [122]-[128].
- Nelson’s famous signal, [126], [127].
- Newfoundland, discovery of, [44], [65], [68].
- Night-signals at sea, [205], [206].
- Nile, battle of the, [124].
- Nordenskjöld’s voyage in the Vega, [93].
- Norsemen. See [Scandinavians] and [Vikings].
- North America discovered, [46], [62], [65].
- North Atlantic, exploration of, [78], [80], [91], [99].
- Northeast Passage, search for, [77], [91], [93].
- Northwest Passage, search for, [77], [81], [84], [87].
- North Pacific explored, [75], [80], [84].
- Nova Zembla, [78], [91].
- Ocean, the, and its Origin, [1]-[8].
- Ocean, bed of the, [11].
- Ocean, characteristics of, [9].
- Ocean, chemistry of, [14].
- Ocean currents, [20], [23].
- Ocean, depth of, [9].
- Ocean, effects of upon the land, [4].
- Ocean, life in, [259]-[274].
- Ocean, saltness of, [13].
- Old Ironsides. See [Constitution].
- Ooze, oceanic, [13], [274].
- Outriggers, [28].
- Oysters and oyster culture, [266].
- Pacific Ocean, defined, [4].
- Pacific Ocean, discovery of, [64].
- Packet-ships, transatlantic, [160], [165].
- Paddles and oars, [29].
- Paleocrystic Sea, the, [88].
- Parry, Arctic explorations by, [81].
- Payer and Weyprecht, [91].
- Paul Jones, [128].
- Pearl-oyster and pearls, [269].
- Peary, Arctic work of, [99].
- Persians as navigators, [43].
- Philadelphia, U. S. frigate at Tripoli, [174].
- Phœnicians as navigators, [41].
- Pilots and their duties, [220]-[226].
- Piracy, history of, [171]-[185].
- Piracy in the East Indies, [180].
- Plants of the Sea and their Uses, [249]-[257].
- Polaris, misadventure of, [90].
- Pope, the, divides the earth, [55].
- Portugal as a sea-power, [52], [55].
- Pressure, effects of, in the sea, [262].
- Prester John, [54].
- Privateering, [180], [183], [185].
- Ptolemy, the geographer, [50].
- “Redbeard,” the pirate, [171].
- Rigging of primitive ships, [30].
- Robbers of the Seas, [171]-[185].
- Ross, Arctic explorations by, [81], [82].
- Royal George, sunk, [201].
- Rules of the road at sea, [203].
- Russian Arctic coast, the, [79].
- Sails, lateen, [32].
- Sails, names of a ship’s, [36].
- Sails of early ships, [30].
- Sails, square-rigged, [34].
- Sails, two types of, [31].
- St. Lawrence Bay and River discovered, [68].
- St. Pierre and Miquelon, [242].
- Salamis, battle of, [107].
- Samoa, the great storm at, [206]-[211].
- Sandbagger, a, [197].
- Sardines, fishing for, [244].
- Sargasso Seas, [251].
- Schooners, described, [36], [38].
- Scylla and Charybdis, [19].
- Sealing, [241].
- Search-light, uses of, on war-ships, [150].
- Sea-shells, use and beauty of, [269], [273].
- Sea-snakes, [259].
- Seaweeds, [249]-[257].
- Secrets won from the Frozen North, [77]-[165].
- Serapis, fight of the, [128].
- Seventy-four, a, [121].
- Sharks, as a danger to divers, [271].
- Sharpie, characteristics of the, [198].
- Ship-building, development of, [139].
- Ship-chandler, a, [204].
- Ship, sails of a full-rigged, [36].
- Ships, the Building and Rigging of, [27]-[38].
- Ships’ lanterns and lights, [204].
- Ships, Phœnician, [155].
- Ships, Roman merchant, [156].
- Siberia, explorations north of, [79], [93], [95].
- Signaling at night, [205], [206], [222].
- Sirens, or fog-horns, [219].
- Slave-trade, the, [184].
- Sloop, a, described, [35].
- Solis discovers the La Plata, [69].
- South America, discovery of, [61], [62].
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