BOOK OF THE SEVEN SEAS by PETER FREUCHEN 1957

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“BOOK OF THE SEVEN SEAS” by Peter Freuchen, published by Julian Messner, Inc., copyright 1957. Hardcover edition, 512 pages, with numerous illustrations. The book is in near new condition. The covers show some ware, normal for a book of this age, but the inside pages are exceptionally clean. The binding is tight with no loose pages.

1. THE SHAPE OF THE SEA

a. THE BIRTH OF THE OCEAN

b. THE CHANGING FACE OF THE WATERS

c. THE MAGIC FIGURE

d. A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE

2. LIFE IN THE SEVEN SEAS

a. GENESIS

b. POPULATION PROBLEM

c. FEAST AND FAMINE

d. BEAUTIES AND BEASTS

e. COURTSHIP IN THE SEA

f. HIGH I.Q.

3. THE SEA IN ACTION

a. THE TIDES

b. THE WINDS

c. THE CURRENTS (See picture “The Gulf Stream” by Winslow Homer)

d. THE WAVES

4. THE SHIPS OF THE SEVEN SEAS

a. THE PIONEERS (See picture “The Square-rigged Bark Carradale)

b. CIVILIZATION AND NAVIGATION

c. MANPOWER

d. WIND DRIVEN

e. STEAM

f. THE MOTORSHIP

g. THE SUBMARINE

5. THE GREAT VOYAGES

a. THE KON-TIKI

b. SOUTH OF AFRICA

c. FIRST TO AMERICA

d. WESTWARD THE COURSE

e. AROUND THE WORLD (See Portrait “Ferdinand Magellan”)

f. NORTH EAST PASSAGE

g. ALL FOR SCIENCE

h. NORTH TO THE POLE

i. SOUTH TO THE POLE

j. THE NEW UNKNOWN

6. BATTLES AT SEA

a. THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS

b. THE BATTLE OF SVOLDR

c. THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO

d. THE DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA

e. THE MERRIMAC AND THE MONITOR

f. BATTLES OF OUR TIME

g. THE IRREGULARS

7. TREASURES OF THE SEVEN SEAS

a. FOOD FROM THE SEA

b. MINING THE SEA

c. WITH HARPOON AND CLUB

d. JEWELS FROM THE SEA

e. SUNKEN TREASURE

f. BLACK IVORY

g. THE GREATEST TREASURE

8. THE ISLANDS OF THE SEVEN SEAS

a. THE ROMANTIC ISLANDS

b. THE RUGGED ISLANDS

c. THE LONELY ISLANDS

9. THE LAW OF THE SEVEN SEAS

a. THE RIGHTS OF MEN AND PROPERTY

10. STRANGE TALES FROM THE SEVEN SEAS

a. SUPERNATURAL STORIES (See picture “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Dore)

b. WONDERS AND MARVELS

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