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• Instructions pour les mariniers : contenant la maniere de rendre l'eau de mer potable, de conserver l'eau douce, le biscuit, le bled, et de saler les animaux, diverses autres experiences physiques, lues dans la Societe Roiale de Londres (chez Pierre Paupie, 1740), by Stephen Hales, Pierre Paupie, and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The use of sea voyage in medicine and particularly in a comsumption with observations on that disease (printed for T. Cadell, in the strand, 1771), by Ebenezer Gilchrist and Thomas Cadell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A true and perfect relation of a great and horrid conspiracie, discovered by a Jew in Turkie, against the English. With the names of the conspirators, and the proceedings of the Great Turk thereupon. Also. The unchristian like dealing of Francis Hardedge, master of a ship, with his passengers, bound for Barbadoes; as it was in a letter specified, by one that had a fellow-feeling of the misery. / Published at the request of many godly Christian people, by Iohn Headley. (London : printed for E.E., Anno Dom. 1646), by John Headley (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Nauticum astrologicum (London : printed by Matthew Street, MDCXCVII. [1697]), by John Gadbury (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The wonderful deliverance at sea or, The miraculous preservation of several persons belonging to the ship called William and Dorothy lately cast away in a voyage to New-Castle. Who by a most gracious providence were kept alive for the space of twelve days and nights without any food, in a small boat, on the main sea: in all which time, onely one child perished, being starved to death with cold and hunger, and the rest were at last taken up, and carried into Holland on the 28th. of November last. And several of them are now safely arrived in England. With allowance, Roger L'Estrange. ([London] : Printed for Benjamin Pierce, [1675?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• A Voyage From Australia to England (based on issues of "Dover Castle News" shipboard paper; London: Steam Press, 1867), by John G. Horsey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bonadventure: A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday (London: R. Cobden-Sanderson, c1922), by Edmund Blunden
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• Voyaging in Wild Seas: A Narrative of the Voyage of the "Snark" in the Years 1907-1908 (British edition of part of The Log of the Snark; London: Mills and Boon, n.d.), by Charmian London (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Amateur Emigrant: From the Clyde to Sandy Hook (Chicago: Stone and Kimball, 1895), by Robert Louis Stevenson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cruise of the Snark, by Jack London (Gutenberg text)
• Handbook of information. ([Tokyo], between 1000 and 1999), by Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of the North American cruise industry (The Administration, 1980), by Centaur Associates and United States Maritime Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ocean as a health-resort. : A handbook of practical information as to sea-voyages for the use of tourists and invalids (J. & A. Churchill, 1880), by William Samuel Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bonadventure; a random journal of an Atlantic holiday. (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1923), by Edmund Charles Blunden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Under sail and in port in the glorious 1850's; being a journal from 1 May to 3 October, 1952. (Peabody Museum, 1950), by Charlotte A. Page, Alvin Reed Page, and Alvin Page Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ocean plague : or, A voyage to Quebec in an Irish emigrant vessel : embracing a quarantine at Grosse Isle in 1847 : with notes illustrative of the ship-pestilence of that fatal year (Coolidge and Wiley, 1848), by Robert Whyte (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ship-bored. (John Lane company, 1912), by Julian Street (page images at HathiTrust)
• A steamer book! A picturesque account of a city on the sea, being the daily life on a steamer of trans-Atlantic seeker after health, recreation and rest. (G. W. Carleton & co.; [etc., etc.], 1880), by William Tod Helmuth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old ocean's ferry; the log of the modern mariner, the trans-Atlantic traveler, and quaint facts of Neptune's realm. (Bonnell, Silver, 1900), by John Colgate Hoyt (page images at HathiTrust)
• A New Holland-America line. The queen Wilhelmina lectureship for Dutch literature and history in the United States of America ([n.p., 1920), by Günter Kalff (page images at HathiTrust)
• En steamer d'Europe aux États-Unis; histoire, souvenirs, impressions de voyage (Impr. Lepelletier, 1867), by Ernest Berchon (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1981-82 miscellaneous tax bills, XVIII hearing before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on S. 2647, S. 2987, S. 3064, December 10, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management (page images at HathiTrust)
• The land across the sea (Published by W. J. Snyder Publishing Co., 1913), by Estelle Ryan Snyder and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bonadventure; a random journal of an Atlantic holiday (R. Cobden-Sanderson, 1922), by Edmund Blunden (page images at HathiTrust)
• The frantic Atlantic; an intimate guide to the well-known deep (A.A. Knopf, 1927), by Basil Dillon Woon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nature notes for ocean voyagers : being personal observations upon life in "the vasty deep" and fishes, birds, and beasts seen from a ship's deck; with popular chapters on weather, waves, and legendary lore (C. Griffin, 1915), by Alfred Carpenter and David Wilson-Barker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orient line guide; chapters for travellers by sea and by land. (S. Low, Marston, 1896), by W. J. Loftie (page images at HathiTrust)
• My trip in the "John Williams" (London Missionary Society, 1900), by Ralph Wardlaw Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reise durch den Stillen Ozean. (J. U. Kern, 1878), by Max Buchner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orient-Pacific guide (S. Low, Marston and Co., 1901), by W. J. Loftie and ltd Orient Steam Navigation Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Med de blågula färgerna över Atlanten : minnen och intryck från "Stockholms" första Amerikafärd (P.A. Norstedt, 1916), by Waldemar Swahn (page images at HathiTrust)
• À travers l'Atlantique; journal de bord de la Nubienne dans son voyage au Canada et aux États-Unis (E. Dentu, 1884), by Paul Saunière (page images at HathiTrust)
• A war-time voyage : being the itinerary of an ocean-tramp from port to port, 1916-17 (J.M. Dent, 1918), by J. E. Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of information for passengers and shippers by the steamers of the Nippon yusen kaisha. (Printed at the Tokyo tsukiji type foundry], 1904), by Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grundzüge der physischen Geographie des Meeres, mit einem anhang über Oceanschiffahrt. Nach den besten Quellen bearb. von E. Gelcich. (A. Hölder, 1881), by Eugen Gelcich (page images at HathiTrust)
• The amateur emigrant ; from the Clyde to Sandy Hook (C. Scribners sons, 1902), by Robert Louis Stevenson (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the employment of meteorological statistics in determining the best course for a ship whose sailing qualities are known / by Francis Galton (The Society, 1873), by Francis Galton and Royal Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hochzeitsreisen. (H.M. Hauschild, 1913), by Norddeutscher Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sea trip in clipper ship days (Badger, 1920), by Mary Matthews Bray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plan for shortening the time of passage between New York and London, with documents relating thereto, including the proceedings of the Railway Convention at Portland, Maine, and the charter of the European and North American Railway (Harmon and Williams, printers, 1850), by Me.) Railway Convention (1850 : Portland and Maine. Legislature (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boston and Liverpool : Reports of the American Steamship Company for 1864 and 1865, with list of officers, &c. (J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1866), by American Steamship Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lanes for the steamers crossing the Atlantic. (Board of Underwriters, 1855), by Matthew Fontaine Maury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anglo-Indian passage homeward and outward (James Madden, 1849), by David Lester Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A landlubber's log of a voyage round the "Horn" : being a journal (s.n.], 1879), by Morton MacMichael (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orient line guide; chapters for travellers by sea and by land (S. Low, Marston & Co., 1885), by W. J. Loftie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our Atlantic steamship service (second article) (s.n., 1897), by Sandford Fleming (page images at HathiTrust)
• Starboard and port the "Nettie" along shore (Harper, 1876), by George H. Hepworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glimpses of London and Atlantic experiences, or, An account of a voyage to England what was seen there, and back again, the starting point being Ottawa in winter of 1872-73 (Printed for the author by Robertson, Roger & Co., 1873), by Charles Roger (page images at HathiTrust)
• S.S. Prussian, Allan Line (Yates & Hess, 1875), by Montreal Ocean Steamship Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Log of a voyage to British Columbia in the "West Indian" (s.n., 1891), by Howard Wrigley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of the passage of the Pique across the Atlantic (J. Hatchard, 1837), by Louisa Anne Whitworth-Aylmer Aylmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Depopulation of the British Empire unnecessary improved bridge from starvation to plenty : annexation of Great Britain to her colonies, by means of the Halifax & Quebec Railway, combined with ocean omnibuses. (Trelawney Saunders, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plan for shortening the time of passage between New York and London with documents relating thereto, including the proceedings of the Railway Convention at Portland, Maine and the charter of the European and North American Railway, with the subsequent acts and resolves passed by the Legislature of Maine, and the doings of the Executive Committee in relation thereto. (s.n.], 1850), by Me.) Railway Convention (1850 : Portland and European and North American Railway Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statement by the steam-ship lines engaged in the emigration trade to North America, in reference to recent published comments upon the conduct of that trade (s.n., 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Summer tours by the Canadian Pacific Railway (Issued by Passenger Dept., Canadian Pacific Railway, 1891), by Canadian Pacific Railway Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anecdotes of a life on the ocean being a portion of the experiences of twenty-seven years' service in many parts of the world (s.n.], 1876), by David Cowan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Emigrant soldiers' gazette, and Cape Horn chronicle published originally on manuscript forms, kindly furnished by Captain W.D. Marsh, R.E., during the voyage, from Gravesend to Vancouver Island, of the detachment of royal engineers selected for service in British Columbia, between the 10th November, 1858, and the 12th April, 1859 (s.n.], 1863), by Charles Sinnett and H. S. Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Improved bridge from starvation to plenty annexation of Great Britain to her colonies by means of the Halifax & Quebec Railway, combined with ocean omnibuses. (s.n.], 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Electric and postal Atlantic trunk-ferry and the colonization thereby of British North America (T. Saunders;, 1851), by Robert McCalmont (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cruise of H.M.S. New Zealand (s.n.], 1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alaska, Puget Sound, British Columbia summer trips : rest, recreation and sights worth seeing (Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia Steamship Service, 1906), by Canadian Pacific Railway Company. British Columbia Coast Steamship Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alaska (s.n., 1918), by Canadian Pacific Railway Company. British Columbia Coast Steamship Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travel! for pleasure. (White Star Dominion Line, 1929), by White Star-Dominion Line (page images at HathiTrust)
• The past, present and future of Atlantic ocean steam navigation read before the Fredericton Athenaeum, June 15, 1857 (s.n.], 1857), by T. T. Vernon Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Being the adventures of the landing squad of the "Emden" (Ritter & company, 1917), by Hellmuth von Mücke and Helene S. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Across the Atlantic from New York to Southampton, Havre, and Bremen. (S.D.L. Taunton, printer], 1879), by Norddeutscher Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eine Amerikafahrt 1492 und 1892. Dargestellt im wissenschaftlichen theater der Urania. Mit zahlreichen zusätzen und anmerkungen in bezug auf die entdeckungsgeschichte Amerikas und das moderne seewesen ... (H. Paetel, 1893), by M. W. Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• In Southern Seas, a trip to the Antipodes. (R. Grant and Son, 1888), by Petrel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The west and the east equally interested in the development of American steamship navigation. An Address / by Hamilton A. Hill ... (J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1865), by Hamilton Andrews Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Tourist; a magazine of information for ocean travellers. (Boston., 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of information for passengers and shippers (The Tokyo printing co., ld.], 1896), by Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glimpses of London and Atlantic experiences; or, An account of a voyage to England, what was seen there, and back again, the starting point being Ottawa, in the winter of 1872-73. (Printed for the author by Robertson, Roger & co., 1873), by Charles Roger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of the North American cruise industry : executive summary (The Administration, 1980), by Centaur Associates and United States Maritime Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vagabond voyages (Harian Publications, 1939), by Fredric Ewald Tyarks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nachrichten für Seefahrer: Bekanntmachungen, Leuchtfeuer, Hafenverordnungen etc. betreffend. (Bremen : Schünemann, 1863., 1863), by H. Tecklenborg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ship bored (New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1923, 1923), by Julian Street and May Wilson Preston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extending coastwise privileges : hearings before the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on Alaskan hovercraft--H.R. 1372, June 9, 1983, revitzalization of the domestic cruise industry-- H.R. 2883, June 15, 23, 1983, Puerto Rico passenger transportation - H.R. 89, October 19, 1983, granting coastwise privileges to certain vessels--S. 1015, S. 1186, and S. 1689, November 2, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine (page images at HathiTrust)
• On a summer's day, when the wave was rippled (Cleveland, Chicago : S. Brainard's Sons ; Bloomington, Ill. : Howes & Adams ; Philadelphia : Lee & Walker ; Detroit, Mich. : C.J. Whitney ; St. Paul, Minn. : Dyer & Howard ; San Francisco : A. Waldteufel ; Atlanta, GA : Phillips & Crew ; Nashville : H.A. French, [1884], 1884), by Henry C. Work and W.J. Morgan & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• 15,000 miles in a ketch (T. Nelson, 1912), by Raymond Rallier du Baty (page images at HathiTrust)
• Midnight Sun Cruise, 1925 : the Fifth Annual Raymond-Whitcomb Cruise to Iceland, North Cape, Norwegian fjords, Sweden, Denmark, Holland : sailing from New York, Tuesday, June 30 by the Cunard Liner "Franconia" (Raymond & Whitcomb Co., 1925), by Inc Raymond-Whitcomb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selling ocean travel. (International Mercantile Marine Co., 1934), by Elmer E. Ferris (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cruise of the Snark (Mills & Boon, Limited, 1923), by Jack London, Charles A. Kofoid, Watson & Viney Hazell, and Mills & Boon (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Around the world in the "Franconia" 1929 (Thos. Cook & Son in cooperation with Wagon-Lits Co., 1928), by Thomas Cook (Firm) and ltd Cunard Steamship Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fun at sea, with cruise cues and the ABC's of ocean travel. (Sheridan House, Inc., 1946), by Stuart Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• San Diego's transportation needs - land, sea, and air and industrial site requirements (The Associates, 1953), by Industrial Survey Associates, San Diego (Calif.). Harbor Commission, and San Diego (Calif.). City Council (page images at HathiTrust)
• Československá Odyssea; dojmy čsl. novináře-dobrovolce z cesty na lodi "President Grant" z Vladivostoku do Vlasti ... (J. Otto, 1920), by Adolf Zeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• All red route: Great Britain to Australia, New Zealand and Hong-Kong, via Ireland and Canada. (McCorquodale & co., printers ltd., 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ocean steam navigation. ([s.n.], 1864), by Hamilton Andrews Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ships--and people (F.A. Stokes, 1926), by John Charles Hetherington Beaumont (page images at HathiTrust)
• "A voyage of importance." ([East Pittsburgh?], 1958), by Westinghouse Electric Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Steam navigation between Boston and Europe : a paper read before the Department of trade and finance of the American Social Science Association, at Boston, January 30, 1867 (J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1867), by Hamilton Andrews Hill and American Social Science Association. Department of Trade and Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Na Spokiĭnim okeani (Nakladom Sichovoï organizat︠s︡iï ukraïnt︠s︡iv u Zluchenykh derz︠h︡avakh Ameryky, 1924), by Osyp Nazaruk (page images at HathiTrust)
• Etelämere auringon alla (in Finnish), by Jack London (Gutenberg ebook)
• Itinéraires (in French), by Louis Hémon (Gutenberg ebook)
• An American Hobo in Europe: A True Narrative of the Adventures of a Poor American at Home and in the Old Country, by Ben Goodkind (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ship-Bored, by Julian Street (Gutenberg ebook)

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