OceanHere are entered geographical descriptions of the world's oceans, including popular accounts of their various features and \"mysteries.\" Works on the scientific study of the ocean and its phenomena are entered under Oceanography. See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.
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Filed under: Ocean La Mer dans les Traditions et les Industries Indigènes à Rabat et Salé (in French; Paris: E. Leroux, 1920), by Louis Brunot (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) The Ocean and its Wonders, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text) The Sea and its Story, From Viking Ship to Submarine (London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1910), ed. by Frank H. Shaw and Ernest H. Robinson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) The Sea and Its Wonders (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1871), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (multiple formats at archive.org) The Sea and Its Wonders (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1884), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby
Filed under: Ocean -- Folklore Le Folk-Lore des Pêcheurs (in French; Paris: J. Maissoneuve, 1901), by Paul Sébillot Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors In All Lands and at All Times (Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke, and Co., 1885), by Fletcher S. Bassett Wander-Ships: Folk-Stories of the Sea, With Notes Upon Their Origin (Chicago: Open Court Pub. Co., 1917), by Wilbur Bassett Filed under: Atlantic Ocean Cruise of School-Ship "Mercury" in Tropical Atlantic Ocean, 1870-1871, by New York (New York) Department of Public Charities and Correction (page images at MOA) Legendary Islands of the Atlantic: A Study in Medieval Geography (research series #8; New York: American Geographical Society, 1922), by William Henry Babcock Navigation aux Côtes du Brésil (in French; Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1821), by Albin-Reine Roussin Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1898), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, illust. by Albert Herter (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com) Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Gutenberg text) Filed under: Indian Ocean Voyage dans l'Inde et au Bengale, Fait dans les Années 1789 et 1790 (2 volumes in French; Paris: Dentu, 1801), by L. de Grandpré (page images at HathiTrust) A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, Undertaken in the year 1790: Containing an Account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale (with A Voyage in the Red Sea; Boston: Printed by D. Carlisle for W. Pelham and and W. P. and L. Blake, 1803), by L. de Grandpré A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, Undertaken in the Years 1789 and 1790: Containing an Account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale (with A Voyage in the Red Sea, in 2 volumes; London: Printed for G. and J. Robinson, 1803), by L. de Grandpré (both volumes :page images at loc.gov) The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean, by a Merchant of the First Century (New York et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912), ed. by Wilfred H. Schoff (page images at HathiTrust) Filed under: Law of the seaFiled under: Marine ecologyFiled under: Ocean salinity A Study of the Salinity of the Surface Water in the North Pacific Ocean and in the Adjacent Enclosed Seas (Smithsonian Miscellanous Collections v60 #13 (Publication #2153); 1912), by Austin Hobart Clark Filed under: Pacific OceanFiled under: Sea poetryFiled under: Sea stories Gentleman Overboard (New York: Viking Press, 1937), by Herbert Clyde Lewis (page images at HathiTrust) The Great Quest: A Romance of 1826, Wherein are Recorded the Experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of Those Others With Whom he Sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930), by Charles Boardman Hawes, illust. by George Varian (multiple formats at archive.org) Captain Black: A Romance of the Nameless Ship (New York: Hodder and Stoughton, George H. Doran Company, c1911), by Max Pemberton (page images at HathiTrust) Coo-Ee! A Story of Peril and Adventure in the South Seas (London: C. A. Pearson Ltd., ca. 1922), by Robert Leighton, illust. by E. P. Kinsella Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht: or, A Young Millionaire and the Kidnappers (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1911), by Howard Roger Garis Great Sea Stories (New York: Brentano's, c1921), ed. by Joseph Lewis French, contrib. by Charles Kingsley, Frederick Marryat, Michael Scott, Charles Reade, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Victor Hugo, David W. Bone, William Clark Russell, Pierre Loti, H. De Vere Stacpoole, Morgan Robertson, Jack London, and John Masefield The House Under The Sea: A Romance (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1902), by Max Pemberton, illust. by A. Forestier Kit Bam's Adventures: or, The Yarns of an Old Mariner (London: Grant and Griffith, 1849), by Mary Cowden Clarke, illust. by George Cruikshank (page images at HathiTrust) Rídan the Devil, and Other Stories (London: T. F. Unwin; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.. 1899), by Louis Becke Rodman the Boatsteerer, and Other Stories (London: T. F. Unwin, 1898), by Louis Becke The Trials of Commander McTurk (London: J. Murray, 1906), by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (page images at HathiTrust) Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and Others (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1918), by Alfred Noyes (Gutenberg text) Wander-Ships: Folk-Stories of the Sea, With Notes Upon Their Origin (Chicago: Open Court Pub. Co., 1917), by Wilbur Bassett The Water-Witch: or, The Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale (Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1831), by James Fenimore Cooper The Water Witch: or, The Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale (Dresden: Printed for Walther, 1830), by James Fenimore Cooper (HTML with commentary at James Fenimore Cooper Society) The Water Witch: or, The Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale (single-volume 1871 edition), by James Fenimore Cooper (Gutenberg text) The Impregnable City: A Romance (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1898), by Max Pemberton (multiple formats at archive.org) The Sixth Speed (New York: Moffat, Yard and Co., 1908), by E. J. Rath, illust. by Charlotte Weber-Ditzler (page images at HathiTrust) The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co., 1876), by Jules Verne, illust. by Edouard Riou (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML) Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors In All Lands and at All Times (Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke, and Co., 1885), by Fletcher S. Bassett Filed under: Shipping
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