Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries

CHAPTER I.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK--THE OCEAN IN THE SCRIPTURAL PERIOD--THE MARVELS OF THE SEA--THE CLASSIC LEGENDS--THE FANTASTIC NOTIONS ENTERTAINED OF THE NORTH AND THE EQUATOR--THE GIANT OF THE CANARIES--THE SEA OF SEA-WEED--THE SPECTRE OF THE CAPE--THE GRADUAL SURRENDER OF THE SECRETS OF THE SEA--IT BECOMES THE HIGHWAY OF NATIONS--ITS PRESENT ASPECT--ITS POETICAL SIGNIFICANCE-...