Drawn from the accounts of voyagers and travellers, these short true episodes range from a sailor who saved his life with a poultry basket to the sinking of the Royal George, the loss of the Melville Castle, whale fishing, life-boats and a stranded ship hauled ashore by bullocks. Notes on sharks and other creatures of the deep are mixed in with the castaways.
A nineteenth-century anthology of maritime peril meant to entertain and instruct young people in equal measure. Download the free EPUB.