Seafaring Lore and Legend
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Published: January 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780071486569
Subjects: Boating; Maritime history; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Folklore & Mythology; Sailing - General; Sports & Recreation / Sailing
First sentence: When people first emerged from the long dark night of their savage and brutal lives as predatory hunters and gradually became more or less contemplative beings, increasingly aware of themselves as but a very small part of what seemed to be a very big picture, doubtless the two questions they asked themselves would have been: Where did we come from?