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The Sea and Its Living Wonders
Georg Hartwig
The sea holds wonders in its magnitude, its waves, its tides, and its hidden marine caves. Georg Hartwig surveys the ocean and its living inhabitants, from the currents to the great migrations of sea creatures. Rich, comprehensive, and full of marine marvel. A grand nineteenth-century tour of the deep and its life. Sail across the ocean and meet its wonders with a masterful guide. The sea laid open.
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65 chapters
- 1THE SEA AND ITS LIVING WONDERS A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE MARVELS OF THE DEEP AND OF THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME DISCOVERY FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME
- 2DR. G. HARTWIG AUTHOR OF "THE TROPICAL WORLD" "THE HARMONIES OF NATURE" "THE POLAR WORLD" AND "THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD"
- 3NOTICE
- 4PREFACE TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH EDITIONS.
- 5PREFACE TO THE FIRST TWO EDITIONS.
- 6CONTENTS. PART I. THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA.
- 7CHAPTER I. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SEA.
- 8CHAPTER II. THE WAVES OF THE OCEAN.
- 9CHAPTER III. THE TIDES.
- 10CHAPTER IV. MARINE CAVES.
- 11CHAPTER V. OCEAN CURRENTS.
- 12CHAPTER VI. THE AËRIAL AND TERRESTRIAL MIGRATIONS OF THE WATERS.
- 13CHAPTER VII. MARINE CONSTRUCTIONS.
- 14PART II. THE INHABITANTS OF THE SEA. CHAPTER VIII. THE CETACEANS.
- 15CHAPTER IX. SEALS AND WALRUSES.
- 16CHAPTER X. SEA-BIRDS.
- 17CHAPTER XI. THE REPTILES OF THE OCEAN.
- 18CHAPTER XII. THE MARINE FISHES.
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