| Description |
x, 345 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
How the sea began -- Ocean boundaries -- Bottom contours -- Romance of soundings -- Carpets on ocean's floor -- How the oceans got their salt -- Rivers in the sea -- Tides -- Waves -- Where life began -- Seaweeds -- With silken seine -- Sponges, jellies, and worms -- Spiny skins -- Crusty creatures -- Shellfish -- Fishes -- Regions of darkness and strange light -- Border dwellers -- Feathered migrants -- Farming the sea -- With hook and net -- Mining the sea -- Ships -- Argonauts, ancient and modern -- Mutineers and piracy -- Shipwreck -- Romance of charts -- Lighting the sea -- On the bridge of a great liner -- How the sea controls our climate -- Oceans of ice -- Islands -- Capes -the turning points of history -- Romantic trade routes -- Oceans in a changing world. |
| Subject |
Ocean.
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Ocean. |
| ISBN |
0836919718 |
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9780836919714 |
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