THE 



HISTORY OF THE SEA. 



-A. 



GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF MARITIME ADVENTURES, 

 ACHIEVEMENTS, EXPLORATIONS, DISCOV- 

 ERIES And inventions, 



INCLUDING 



Hazards and Perils of Early Navigators, Cruelties and Experiences of 

 Noted Buccaneers, Conquests and Prizes of the great Pirates, 

 Discoveries and Achievements of the great Captains, Conflicts 

 with Savages, Cannibals, Robbers, etc., Arctic Explora- 

 tions and Attendant Sufferings, Growth of Com- 

 merce, Rise and Progress of Ship Building, 

 Ocean Navigation, NaVal Power, etc., etc. 



COVERING THE MANY CENTURIES OF DEVELOPMENT IN SCIENCE 

 AND CIVILIZATION FROM 



THE ARK TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



BY 



F. B. GOODEIOH, 



AUTHOR OF "LETTERS OF DICK TINTO," "THE COURT OF NAPOLEON," ETC, 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



An Account of Adventures beneath the Sea; Diving, Dredging, Deep Sea Sounding, 

 Latest Submarine Explorations, etc., etc., prepared with great care by 



EDWARD HOWL AND, Esq., 



AUTHOR OF MANY POPULAR WORKS. 



OVER 250 SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS. 



GUELPH, ONTARIO: 



J. W. LYON & COMPANY, Publishers, 

 1880. 



