Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; General Editor's Statement; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Chapter 1 The Nature of Voyaging; Chapter 2 Navigation and the Oral Tradition: The Odyssey; Chapter 3 Voyages of Discovery: Columbus and Cook; Chapter 4 The Sea Quest: Moby-Dick and The Old Man and the Sea; Chapter 5 Voyages of Endurance: The Nigger of the "Narcissus"; Chapter 6 Postscript: Voyage Narratives in the Twentieth Century; Notes and References; Bibliographic Essay; Recommended Reading; Index.
Summary
From The Odyssey to Moby Dick to The Old Man and the Sea, the long tradition of sea voyage narratives is comprehensively explained here supported by discussions of key texts.
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