Series / Collection

'Astrolabio' Series

Subjects

Historia, Mares y Océanos - Folklore, Mitología, Navegación, Vida Marinera - Costumbre y Folklore

ISBN/ISSN

978-84-261-3596-4

Publication

Barcelona: Editorial Juventud, S.A., 2007

Summary

Mitos y leyendas del mar explores the most curious and colourful aspects of maritime lore. From Noah’s Ark to Thor Heyerdahl’s raft, from Atlantis to the Northwest Passage, author Peter D. Jeans traverses the centuries and the seven seas in search of imaginative, exemplary and unprecedented tales of sea monsters, ghost ships, lost continents, castaways, pirates, explorers, superstitions and customs. The author’s readable and thoughtful introductions point out the importance of each story and reveal its impact on maritime and human history. Jeans’s passion for all things nautical has led him to uncover the true history of:
– The origin of naval salutes and the Beaufort scale.
– Curious expressions from the nautical lexicon
– Seafaring salutes
– Scurvy and the hardships of life on the high seas
– Famous and infamous ship captains and ships
– Well-known shipwrecks and mutinies
– Mermaids, tritons and sea nymphs
– And nautical superstitions such as the albatross, among many other topics.
This book can be flipped through at random and enjoyed for a few minutes or a whole afternoon; but don’t be careless, on the high seas it is easy to lose track of time.

Notes

454 p.

Language

Spanish

Katalogo-zenbaki

390 JEA

Availability

Available