Men who dared the sea: The ocean adventures of the ancient mariners
by Gardner Soule
Category: Navigation

The author begins with prehistoric man and traces man's journey towards todays oceanography. This book includes sailors of the Stone and Bronze ages, in the ships of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, Phoenicians, northern Europeans, and Romans. From the existing historical and archeological records the author tells why these mariners went to sea, how they navigated, what their ships were like, and what they learned on their journeys.