Outrageous Seas : Shipwreck and Survival in the Waters Off Newfoundland, 1583-1893 Paperback / softback
by Rainer K. Baehre, Rainer K. Baehre
Part of the Carleton Library Series series
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There was a time in history when the sea was as important as the land for defining a country's social and cultural identity. Outrageous Seas is about that time, and about the harrowing, almost mythic, experience of shipwreck, near-shipwreck, and survival in waters off Newfoundland. Travellers from many walks of life - explorers and missionaries, traders, fishers and mariners, Native Peoples, aristocrats and immigrants - have left rare and fascinating first-hand accounts of such disasters. Their narratives span four centuries and touch many historical sub-themes such as the appeal of religion in times of crisis, gender roles, and the ocean-as-workplace. Apart from its obvious scholarly appeal, this collection evokes psychic responses to calamity and brushes with death, perhaps the most universal experience of all.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:408 pages
- Publisher:Carleton University Press,Canada
- Publication Date:25/10/1999
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- ISBN:9780886293192
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:408 pages
- Publisher:Carleton University Press,Canada
- Publication Date:25/10/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780886293192
