To the Sea: Sagas of Survival and Tales of Epic Challenge on the Seven Seas
- ISBN-10
- 1579121136
- ISBN-13
- 9781579121136
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
- Author
- Tony Meisel
Description
This huge book captures on the page the fascination and allure of the deep oceans, the incredible challenge they pose and the unrelenting demands they make of man's endurance and resolve, in exciting stories illustrated by more than 360 dramatic full colour photographs, paintings, charts and drawings.DISCOVERING THE SEAS - Exploration, Adventure & Commerce - The Great Sailors - The Age of Discovery - Means of Passage - SAILORS AND BOATS - Evolution of Ship Design - Legendary Shipwrights - Anatomy of a Sailing Boat - Wooden Boat Construction - Ropes & Rigging - Deck Gear and Safety Equipment - NAVIGATING THE OCEAN - Early Instinct - Dead Reckoning - Celestial Navigation - Sextant, Compass & Chronometer - Feats of Navigation - Global Positioning Electronics - SEA AND LAND - Wind, Tide & Breakers - Breakwaters and Harbours - Cape Horn - Beacons and Lighthouses - Lightships - VOYAGES - The Origins of Voyaging - Singlehandling - Epic Challenges - Circumnavigation - Small Craft - Whalers - Rescue at Sea - RACING AGAINST THE ELEMENTS - Great Races - Extraordinary Tragedies - Crew and Equipment - Racing into the 21st Century - Raising a Spinnaker - STORMS AND DISASTERS - Hurricanes - Typhoons - Monsoons - Tsunami - Shipwrecks - Sirens & Serpents -
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