A Short History of Seafaring Collection_Young Explorers looted and whored their way

looted and whored their way across the globe

and from stock-exchange timestamps to satellites in Earth's orbit

Date: circa 1930

In this dramatic landscape

Earl of Northampton

A Short History of Seafaring Collection_Young Explorers looted and whored their wayFor more than 5,000 years, the sea has challenged, rewarded, and punished the brave sailors who set forth to explore it. This history of the sea and sailing tells the remarkable story of those individuals whether they lived to tell the tale themselves or not. From the early Polynesian seafarers and the first full circumnavigations of the globe, to explorers picking their way through the coral reefs of the West Indies, this book tells the compelling