Writing as a mother for young readers, the author takes them on an imaginary sea journey around the globe, explaining oceans, coasts, islands and the peoples and creatures found along the way. Stories of shipwreck, polar ice and the dangers sailors faced, including a ship found frozen with its dead captain still at his log, keep the lessons moving.
An early Victorian geography told as adventure, a curiosity for collectors of children’s books. Download the free EPUB.