CONTENTS 



Chapter 



Preface vii 



1 Oceanus 1 



2 Fire, Rock, and Sea 13 



3 River of Life 38 



4 Atlantic Legend 57 



5 The Mediterranean Looks West 74 



6 Charting the River 96 



7 The Nature of the Stream 120 



8 The Engine of the Air 148 



9 The Age of Fishes 173 



10 The Treasure Revealed 200 



11 The Hand of the Giant 228 



12 The Codfish Frontier 251 



13 Sail and the Stream 276 



14 The Atlantic and Western Man 296 



Bibliography 308 



Index 309 



