{"product_id":"seafaring-lore-and-legend-9780071486569","title":"Seafaring Lore and Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A valuable and lively resource. Jeans sorts truth from fiction with a sure hand and does full justice to both.\"--Peter Stanford, President Emeritus, National Maritime Historical Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A veritable sourcebook of nautical history, beliefs, and heritage. Every true mariner will get lost in this book.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoating\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeafaring Lore and Legend\u003c\/i\u003e is a storehouse of wonders for those who love the sea. From Noah's Ark to Thor Heyerdahl's raft, from Atlantis to the Northwest Passage, author Peter Jeans scours the ages and the seven seas for fanciful, inspiring, and bizarre tales of sea monsters, ghost ships, lost continents, castaways, pirates, explorers, superstitions, and customs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the surprising truths behind: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe origins of naval salutes and the Beaufort Scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlogging a dead horse and other oddities of nautical custom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSea chanties, scurvy, and the hardships of life at sea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInfamous and noteworthy sea captains and their ships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamous wrecks and mutinies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMermaids, sirens, and sea nymphs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNautical superstitions such as the albatross and Fiddler's Green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd much more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book you can open anywhere to savor for a few minutes or an afternoon. But be careful: it's easy to lose track of time at sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter D. Jeans\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eShip to Shore: A Dictionary of Everyday Words and Phrases Derived from the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"International Marine Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648799117586,"sku":"9780071486569","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0118f3ae-0b54-4c62-a78d-4e99d3a8d612.jpg?v=1733248989","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seafaring-lore-and-legend-9780071486569","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}