Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878.
By HUBBARD BROS.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CONTENTS.
SECTION I.
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA.
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| CHAPTER I.—The Purpose of this Work—The Ocean in the Scriptural Period—TheMarvels of the Sea—The Classic Legends—The Fantastic Notions entertainedof the North and the Equator—The Giant of the Canaries—The Sea ofSea-Weed—The Spectre of the Cape—The Gradual Surrender of the Secrets ofthe Sea—It becomes the Highway of Nations—Its Present Aspect—Its PoeticalSignificance—Its Moral Lessons | [19] |
| CHAPTER II.—The Origin of Navigation—The Nautilus—The Split Reed andBeetle—The Beaver floating upon a Log—The Hollow Tree—The First Canoe—TheFloating Nutshell—The Oar—The Rudder—The Sail—The Tradition ofthe First Sail-Boat | [31] |
| CHAPTER III.—The Flood and the Building of the Ark—The Arguments ofInfidelity against a Universal Deluge—The Material of which the Ark wasbuilt—Its Capacity, Dimensions, and Form—Its Proportions copied in ModernOcean-Steamers | [36] |
| CHAPTER IV.—The Ships, Commerce, and Navigation of the Phœnicians—TheirTrade with Ophir—Sidon and Tyre—Their Voyage round Africa—NewTyre—A Patriotic Phœnician Captain—The Egyptians as a Maritime People—TheirShips and Commerce—The Jews—Their Geography—Ideas upon theShape of the Earth—The World as known to the Hebrews | [46] |
| CHAPTER V.—The Early Maritime History of the Greeks—The Expedition ofthe Argonauts—The Vessels used in the Trojan War—Ship-Building in theTime of Homer—The Poetic Geography of the Greeks—The Palace of theSun—The Marvels of a Voyage out of Sight of Land—The Geography ofHesiod—Of Anaximander—Of Thales, Herodotus, Socrates, and Eratosthenes—TheGreat Ocean is named the Atlantic | [54] |
| CHAPTER VI.—Construction of Greek Vessels—The Prow, Poop, Rudder,Oars, Masts, Sails, Cordage, Bulwarks, Anchors—Biremes, Triremes, Quadriremes,Quinqueremes—The Grand Galley of Ptolemy Philopator—Roman Vessels—TheirNavy—Mimic Sea-Fights—The Five Voyages of Antiquity | [65] |
| CHAPTER VII.—The Voyage of Hanno the Carthaginian—He sees Crocodiles,Apes, and Volcanoes—The Voyage of Himilcon to Al-Bion—The Voyage andIgnominious Fate of Sataspes the Persian—The Voyage of Pytheas the Phocian—TheSacred Promontory—A New Atmosphere—Amber—Return Home—TheVeracity of Pytheas' Narrative—The Expedition of Nearchus theMacedonian—Strange Phenomena in the Heavens—The Icthyophagi—Housesbuilt of the Bones of Whales—Fish Flour—A Battle with Whales—An UnexpectedMeeting—The Distance traversed by Nearchus—The Voyage ofEudoxus along the African Coast—State of Navigation at the Opening of theChristian Era | [75] |