This Companion is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using
sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed
backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in
hardback format. The most comprehensive and authoritative reference
book of its kind, The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea was
first published in 1976 to huge acclaim, hailed as 'a beguiling
book' (Daily Telegraph), 'marvellous' (The Times), and 'totally
absorbing' (Financial Times). This second edition was published in
2006 and brought together more than 2,600 entries on every
imaginable aspect of the seas and the vessels that sail on them,
from shipbuilding, yachting, diving, and marine mammals, to tidal
power, piracy, and the literature and language of the sea. This
edition provides significant material on topics that have come to
prominence in recent times, such as oceanography and marine
archaeology: key contributions on these subjects from marine expert
Dr Martin Angel at Southampton Oceanography Centre include climate
change, environmental issues, marine pollution, and marine
wildlife. Entries added to this edition are underwater vehicles,
tsunamis, warfare at sea, marine pollution, the Economic Exclustion
Zone, and ship preservation. This Companion also includes
authoritative and fascinating entries on maritime history: its
naval battles, its great ships, from Noah's Ark and the Bounty to
the Titanic and the Mary Rose; and its most famous individuals,
both real and fictional, including Christopher Columbus, Horatio
Nelson, and Robinson Crusoe. Entries are fully cross-referenced,
and the text is illustrated with over 260 detailed drawings.
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