Author Description

How The Sea Began -- Ocean Boundaries -- Bottom Contours -- The Romance Of Soundings -- Carpets On Ocean's Floor -- How The Oceans Got Their Salt -- Rivers In The Sea -- The Tides -- The Waves -- Where Life Began -- Seaweeds -- With Silken Seine -- Sponges, Jellies, And Worms -- The Spiny Skins -- The Crusty Creatures -- Shellfish -- The Fishes -- Regions Of Darkness And Strange Light -- Border Dwellers -- Feathered Migrants -- Farming The Sea -- With Hook And Net -- Mining The Sea -- Ships -- Argonauts, Ancient And Modern -- Mutineers And Piracy -- Shipwreck -- The Romance Of Charts -- Lighting The Sea -- On The Bridge Of A Great Liner -- How The Sea Controls Our Climate -- Oceans Of Ice -- Islands -- Capes -the Turning Points Of History -- Romantic Trade Routes -- The Oceans In A Changing World. [by] Ferdinand C. Lane.