Bibliograph

Forgotten songs and stories of the sea, a treasury of voices from our maritime past, Caroline Rochford

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Forgotten songs and stories of the sea, a treasury of voices from our maritime past, Caroline Rochford

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forgotten songs and stories of the sea

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Caroline Rochford

Sub title

a treasury of voices from our maritime past

Summary

Stirring tales of heroism at sea have been ingrained in the annals of maritime history since time immemorial. Christopher Columbuss discovery of the New World, Queen Elizabeth Is defeat of the Spanish Armada, and Horatio Nelsons victory at Trafalgar are just some of Britains most memorable naval triumphs. But what about the lesser-known tales from our seafaring past? The Victorian who invented a swimming machine in order to cross the English Channel; the capture of a real-life mermaid; the lost pirate treasure of Alborn; the ghost of a murdered sailor who still haunts the streets of Portsmouth; and the daring explorers who vanished into the blue yonder, leaving behind nothing but a cryptic message in a champagne bottle these are just some of our quirky naval stories that have been chronicled in verse and archived in newspaper clippings, and forgotten with the passage of time. Historian and genealogist Caroline Rochford has compiled 200 traditional songs and stories into this book, which offers an exciting, entertaining and eye-opening glimpse into our long lost maritime past

Target audience

adult

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