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Order Nr. 76280 "THE BOUNDLESS DEEP..." THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST OF THE OCEANS, 1450 TO 1840. John...

"THE BOUNDLESS DEEP..." THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST OF THE OCEANS, 1450 TO 1840.

Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxii, 204 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition of rare books, maps, charts, prints and manuscripts relating to maritime history from the collection of the John Carter Brown Library. "The Boundless Deep..." addresses the epic story of the European expansion across the ocean, beginning with the Portuguese voyages down the west coast of Africa in the middle of the fifteenth century and culminating in..... READ MORE

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CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS  VIII

FOREWORD by Norman Fiering  XV

INTRODUCTION  XIX

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXI

CHAPTER 1 DISCOVERING THE GLOBE AND THE SKY  3
Geography  5
Astronomy and Mathematics  11
The Search for Longitude  23

CHAPTER 2 DISCOVERING THE NATURE OF THE SEA:
WINDS, TIDES, AND CURRENTS  27
The Sea in the Imagination  29
Observations and Scientific Theories
about the Nature of the Sea  31

CHAPTER 3 PREPARING TO SAIL  37
Home Port  39
Ship Design and Building  40
Manning and Fitting Out  46

CHAPTER 4 LIFE AT SEA  49
Work  51
The Vocabulary of the Sea  51
Practical Navigation  53
Seamanship  70
Guns and Gunnery  71
Flags  72
Personal Life  74
Religion  74
Health and Living Conditions  78
Pay  82
Discipline and Punishment  83

CHAPTER 5 PATHS ACROSS THE SEA  85
Charting New Waters  87
Sea Routes  111
Way Stations  112
Destinations  115

CHAPTER 6 ACTIVITIES  119
Commerce  121
Trade and Shipping  121
The Slave Trade  126
Harvesting the Sea  130
Violence at Sea  135
War, Battles, and Tactics  135
Privateering  145
Pirates and Buccaneers  147
Regulation of Maritime Activities  152
National Administration  152
International Maritime Law  154

CHAPTER 7 THE LITERATURE OF THE SEA  159
Shipwreck Accounts  161
Voyage Narratives  162
Maritime Fiction and Poetry  177

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF WORKS

IN THE CATALOGUE  181

AUTHOR AND TITLE INDEX OF WORKS

IN THE CATALOGUE  187

SUBJECT INDEX  195

SELECTED SECONDARY WORKS  199

FACSIMILE EDITIONS OF MARITIME BOOKS FROM
THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY COLLECTION  204