The Book of the Sea
Subtitle: An Anthology
Publisher: Duckworth Publishers
Published: November 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781861762085
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Maritime history; Poetry texts & anthologies; Oceanography (General); Literary Forms; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Fiction; Science; Technology; Literary; History / Military / Naval; Literary Collections / Essays; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Military Science
First sentence: Will it be thought a digression (it may spare some unwelcome comparisons) if I endeavour to account for the dissatisfaction which I have heard so many persons confess to have felt (as I did myself feel in part on this occasion) at the sight of the sea for