Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Chronology Chapter One The Nature of Voyaging Chapter Two Navigation and the Oral Tradition: The Odyssey Chapter Three Voyages of Discovery: Columbus and Cook Chapter Four The Sea Quest: Moby-Dick and The Old Man and the Sea Chapter Five Voyages of Endurance: The Nigger of Narcissus Chapter Six Postscript: Voyage Narratives in the Twentieth Century Notes and References Bibliographic Essay Recommended Titles Index

About the Author

Robert Foulke is Professor Emeritus at Skidmore College. He is on the advisory board of the Oxford Encyclopedia ofMaritime History and is the editor of the Cambridge University Press edition of Joseph Conrad's The Mirror ofthe Sea

Reviews

"...rekindles any flagging interest on the part of long term fans of sea literature and encourages the beginner or casual reader to explore more thoroughly that literary field. Possibly the most valuable part of this book is the long bibliographical essay on sources and their locations in libraries, archives, and museums throughout the world. Readers will find here all the information they need to follow up on a particular area of interest." -- Sea History