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An illustration from a 1902 printing of Moby-Dick, one of the renowned American sea novels. Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments.
The Cruise of the Snark (1911) [1] is a non-fictional, illustrated book by Jack London chronicling his sailing adventure in 1907 across the south Pacific in his ketch the Snark. Accompanying London on this voyage was his wife Charmian London and a small crew.
Knight authored the following books: The Albatross Comes Home; The Island of Radiant Pearls (The Up-side-down Island) Beginner’s Guide to the Sea; Mudlarks and Mysteries; Four an Half Deck; Stories of Famous Sea Fights; The Bluenose Pirate; Clippers to China; Family on the Tide; The Adventure Book for Boys; Kit Baxter’s War. Illustrated by ...
We, the Navigators, The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific is a 1972 book by the British-born New Zealand doctor David Lewis, which explains the principles of Micronesian and Polynesian navigation through his experience of placing his boat under control of several traditional navigators on long ocean voyages.
Another subgenre is the guide book, an early example of which was Thomas West's guide to the Lake District published in 1778. [1] The genres can include activities such as exploration, survival, sailing , hiking , mountaineering , whitewater boating, geocaching or kayaking , or writing about nature and the environment.
Pages in category "Sailing books" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Avec les fées; B.