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Pages: 321
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-05-26 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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A delightful A-to-Z menagerie of the sea—whimsically illustrated, authoritative, and thought-provoking. For millennia, we have taken to the waves. And yet, fo
Ocean Bestiary
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: Richard J. King
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-05-26 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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"Ocean Bestiary tells the history of our relationship with the sea, one animal at a time, from A to Z. From the earliest Polynesian navigators to the pilots of
The Ocean, Blue Spaces and Outdoor Learning
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Pages: 251
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-07-24 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This book explores the educational dimension of people’s engagement with the ocean. Across formal, informal, and nonformal learning contexts, it examines how
Sea Monsters
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: Joseph Nigg
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-03 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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The mythic creature expert and author of Phoenix takes readers through a bestiary of sea monsters featured on the famous 16th century map Carta Marina. In the s
Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore
Language: en
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Authors: Theresa Bane
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-22 - Publisher: McFarland

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“Here there be dragons”—this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured the