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GIGANTIC CUTTLE FISH. See page 649.
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OCEAN'S STORY;
OR,
Triumphs of Thirty Centuries;
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF
MARITIME ADVENTURES,
Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions:
AND OF THE
RISE AND PROGRESS OF SHIP-BUILDING AND OCEAN NAVIGATION
FROM
THE ARK TO THE IRON STEAMSHIPS,
BY
FRANK B. GOODRICH, Esq.
AUTHOR OF "LETTERS OF DICK TINTO," "THE COURT OF NAPOLEON," &C.
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ADVENTURES BENEATH THE SEA; DIVING,DREDGING, DEEP SEA SOUNDING, LATEST SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS,&c., &c., PREPARED WITH GREAT CARE
BY
EDWARD HOWLAND, Esq.
AUTHOR OF MANY POPULAR WORKS.
OVER 200 SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS.
SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION.
HUBBARD BROS., PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, AND CINCINNATI;
Valley Publishing Co., St. Louis and Chicago; A. L. Bancroft & Co.,
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W. E. Erskine & Co., St. John's, N. B.; Jno.
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M. M. Burnham, Syracuse, N.Y.
1875.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878.
By HUBBARD BROS.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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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 Lessons19
 
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...                        
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