[Illustration: GIGANTIC CUTTLE FISH. _See page 649._] OCEAN'S STORY; OR, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries; A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF MARITIME ADVENTURES, ACHIEVEMENTS, EXPLORATIONS, DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS: AND OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF SHIP-BUILDING AND OCEAN NAVIGATION FROM THE ARK TO THE IRON STEAMSHIPS, BY FRANK B. GOODRICH, Esq. AUTHOR OF "LETTERS OF DICK TINTO," "THE COURT OF NAPOLEON," &C. _WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ADVENTURES BENEATH THE SEA; DIVING, DREDGING, DEEP SEA SOUNDING, LATEST SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS, &c., &c., PREPARED WITH GREAT CARE_ BY EDWARD HOWLAND, Esq. AUTHOR OF MANY POPULAR WORKS. OVER 200 SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS. SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION. HUBBARD BROS., PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, AND CINCINNATI; VALLEY PUBLISHING CO., ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO; A. L. BANCROFT & CO., SAN FRANCISCO; FRANK W. OLIVER, DAVENPORT, IOWA; H. A. W. BLACKBURN, DETROIT, MICH.; G. L. BENJAMIN, FOND DU LAC, WIS.; SCHUYLER SMITH & CO., LONDON, ONTARIO; W. E. ERSKINE & CO., ST. JOHN'S, N. B.; JNO. KILLAM, SR., YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA; M. M. BURNHAM, SYRACUSE, N.Y. 1875. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878. BY HUBBARD BROS., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. CONTENTS. SECTION I. FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA. PAGE CHAPTER I.--The Purpose of this Work--The Ocean in the Scriptural Period--The Marvels of the Sea--The Classic Legends--The Fantastic Notions entertained of the North and the Equator--The Giant of the Canaries--The Sea of Sea-Weed--The Spectre of the Cape--The Gradual Surrender of the Secrets of the Sea--It becomes the Highway of Nations--Its Present Aspect--Its Poetical Significance--Its Moral Lessons 19 CHAPTER II.--The Origin of Navigation--The Nautilus--The Split Reed and Beetle--The Beaver floating upon a Log--The Hollow Tree--The First Canoe--The Floating Nutshell--The Oar--The Rudder--The Sail--The Tradition of the First Sail-Boat 31