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the ship-model collections and marine exhibits of the Science Mu- 

 seum, South Kensington, London; 



The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, which also 

 houses the Macpherson Collection of Naval and Marine Art; 



the excellently presented and very extensive pictures, models, and 

 exhibits of the Marine Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 



the collections and exhibits of the Oceanographic Museum estab- 

 lished at Monte Carlo by Prince Albert of Monaco. 



There is no intention here to supply documentary references or bib- 

 liography. My main bibliography runs to several thousand items, and 

 it is supplemented by a compilation in card-catalog form to which I 

 attached the title "Annals of the Sea." This records in chronological 

 order the names of ships, the main features of their structure and their 

 performances, and also notes special events, innovations, inventions, 

 laws, decrees, etc., taking place at sea or affecting life at sea. These are 

 too much to reproduce. 



I wish, however, to acknowledge my indebtedness to a few special 

 authors and books either because they are unique and meet some 

 special need, or because they are general and supply excellent sum- 

 maries of information. Some I mention also because they may assist 

 the interested reader in further study. 



On oceanography, marine biology and related matters, the best and 

 most comprehensive general text is The Oceans: Their Physics, Chem- 

 istry and General Biology, by Harold V. Sverdrup, Martin W. John- 

 son and Richard H. Fleming, published by Prentice-Hall, New York, 

 1942. 



I believe that at the time this volume was written, all the authors 

 were associated in the work of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 

 La Jolla, California. This volume contains all the basic facts and the- 

 ories and has many passages that would be of interest to the general 

 reader. It is also, however, highly technical and of necessity employs 

 involved mathematical formulations and presentations which discour- 

 age casual reading. 



An easier but still authoritative general introduction to most of these 

 subjects is supplied in The Sea by Captain H. A. Marmer, published by 

 Appleton & Co., New York, in 1930. The same author also supplied a 

 very useful volume. The Tide, published by Appleton in 1926. Though 

 no longer quite up to date, these volumes form good introductions, 

 and can be supplemented by current reading. 



Miss Rachel Carson's delightful volume The Sea Around Us is so 



