Excerpt from Master Mariners This volume is to tell what the men of the sea, the Master Mariners, have done for humanity what part they have had in the development of civilization. In the preparation of the work it was necessary to search from the earliest records which scholars have agreed to call history to the latest newspaper report of a disheartening disaster at sea; for even in the picture writings upon the monuments of Egypt there are stories of the Master Mariners. The fact that those stories were thus preserved shows not only that they were interesting but that the recorders thought them valuable. In this view modern students concur. The stories of the mariners who rowed and sailed the seas in those days yet stir the blood. Fancy the courage of the men who first. Rounded the continent of Africa and of those who sailed forth to people the islands of the Pacific! At sea, as the facts demonstrate, every phase of courage has been cultivated; and of all the attri butes of the mind none is more necessary in the work of civilization than courage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Master Mariner: Being the Life and Adventures of Captain Robert William Eastwick His memory was so trained that it could not only retain every figure and incident relating to numberless investments, but without hesitation deal with each separate transaction, referring to the book in which it was registered, and even the page on which it was entered. He was executor to many friends and members of the family, and was consulted by all his acquaintances for advice, and it was a source of pride to him to be able to say that he had ever proved himself a just and faithful steward of interests confided to his care. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne: Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne: Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner

Excerpt from The Master-Mariner's Guide in the Management of His Ship's Company, With Respect to Their Health: Being Designed to Accompany a Ship's Medicine-Chest Occupied by the officers or crew should be supplied with a stove, in which a fire is to be made up every day, be the weather hot or cold, if the season he wet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.