The Sea and Its Living WondersPART III. THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME DISCOVERY.Reading editionChapter navigation68 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE 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 TIMEDR. G. HARTWIG AUTHOR OF "THE TROPICAL WORLD" "THE HARMONIES OF NATURE" "THE POLAR WORLD" AND "THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD"NOTICEPREFACE TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH EDITIONS.PREFACE TO THE FIRST TWO EDITIONS.PART I. THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA.Chapter I · THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SEA.Chapter II · THE WAVES OF THE OCEAN.Chapter III · THE TIDES.Chapter IV · MARINE CAVES.Chapter V · OCEAN CURRENTS.Chapter VI · THE AËRIAL AND TERRESTRIAL MIGRATIONS OF THE WATERS.Chapter VII · MARINE CONSTRUCTIONS.PART II. THE INHABITANTS OF THE SEA.Chapter VIII · THE CETACEANS.Chapter IX · SEALS AND WALRUSES.Chapter X · SEA-BIRDS.Chapter XI · THE REPTILES OF THE OCEAN.Chapter XII · THE MARINE FISHES.Chapter XIII · CRUSTACEA. CRABS—LOBSTERS.Chapter XIV · MARINE ANNELIDES.Chapter XV · MOLLUSCS.Chapter XVI · ECHINODERMATA. STAR-FISHES, SEA-URCHINS, AND SEA-CUCUMBERS.Chapter XVII · CŒLENTERATA. POLYPS AND JELLY-FISHES.Chapter XVIII · PROTOZOA.Chapter XIX · MARINE PLANTS.Chapter XX · THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE LIFE.Chapter XXI · THE PHOSPHORESCENCE OF THE SEA.Chapter XXII · THE PRIMITIVE OCEAN.PART III. THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME DISCOVERY.Chapter XXIIIChapter XXIVChapter XXVChapter XXVIChapter XXVIIPART I. THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA.Chapter I · THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SEA.CHAP. II.CHAP. III.CHAP. IV.CHAP. V.CHAP. VI.CHAP. VII.PART II.CHAP. VIII.CHAP. IX.CHAP. X.CHAP. XI.CHAP. XII.CHAP. XII. (continued 2)CHAP. XIII.CHAP. XIV.CHAP. XV.CHAP. XV. (continued 2)CHAP. XVI.CHAP. XVII.CHAP. XVIII.CHAP. XIX.CHAP. XX.CHAP. XXI.CHAP. XXII.CHAP. XXIII.CHAP. XXIV.CHAP. XXV.CHAP. XXVI.CHAP. XXVII.INDEXPrevious chapter ←Part 2 — Chapter XXII · THE PRIMITIVE OCEAN.Next chapter →Part 3 — Chapter XXIIIAll chapters and sections (68)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE 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 TIMEDR. G. HARTWIG AUTHOR OF "THE TROPICAL WORLD" "THE HARMONIES OF NATURE" "THE POLAR WORLD" AND "THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD"NOTICEPREFACE TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH EDITIONS.PREFACE TO THE FIRST TWO EDITIONS.Parts1Part 1 · Chapters1234567Parts2Part 2 · Chapters8910111213141516171819202122Parts3Part 3 · Chapters2324252627Part 1 · Parts1Part 1 · Chapters1Part 1 · Other sectionsCHAP. II.CHAP. III.CHAP. IV.CHAP. V.CHAP. VI.CHAP. VII.Part 2 · Parts2Part 2 · Other sectionsCHAP. VIII.CHAP. IX.CHAP. X.CHAP. XI.CHAP. XII.CHAP. XII. (continued 2)CHAP. XIII.CHAP. XIV.CHAP. XV.CHAP. XV. (continued 2)CHAP. XVI.CHAP. XVII.CHAP. XVIII.CHAP. XIX.CHAP. XX.CHAP. XXI.CHAP. XXII.Part 3 · Other sectionsCHAP. XXIII.CHAP. XXIV.CHAP. XXV.CHAP. XXVI.CHAP. XXVII.INDEXPART III. THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME DISCOVERY.← CHAPTER XXII. THE PRIMITIVE OCEAN.CHAPTER XXIII. →