Download or read book Tales of the Mysterious Islands of the Atlantic written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wondrous tales that gathered for more than a thousand years about the islands of the Atlantic deep are a part of the mythical period of American history. The sea has always been, by the mystery of its horizon, the fury of its storms, and the variableness of the atmosphere above it, the foreordained land of romance. In all ages and with all sea-going races there has always been something especially fascinating about an island amid the ocean. Its very existence has for all explorers an air of magic.
Download or read book Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-17 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic" by Thomas Wentworth Higginson is a collection of myths, legends, and folktales inspired by the islands of the Atlantic Ocean. Higginson, an American author, historian, and minister, compiled stories from various cultures and traditions surrounding islands such as Atlantis, the Azores, the Canaries, and others. The book delves into the rich tapestry of folklore and mythology associated with these islands, exploring themes of magic, adventure, heroism, and the supernatural. From tales of lost civilizations to encounters with mythical creatures, each story offers a glimpse into the imagination and cultural heritage of the people who inhabited or explored these islands throughout history.
Download or read book Tales of Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mix of history, legends, myths and seafaring lore from many ages and cultures about mysterious islands in the Atlantic. The Story of Atlantis, Taliessin of the Radiant Brow, The Swan-Children of Lir, Usheen in the Island of Youth, Bran the Blessed, The Castle of the Active Door, Merlin the Enchanter, Sir Lancelot of the Lake, The Half-Man, King Arthur at Avalon, Maelduin's Voyage, The Voyage of St. Brandan, Kirwan's Search for Hy-Brasail, The Isle of Satan's Hand, Antillia - the Island of the Seven Cities, Harald the Viking, The Search for Norumbega, The Guardians of the St. Lawrence, The Island of Demons, Bimini and the Fountain of Youth.
Download or read book Phantom Islands of the Atlantic written by Donald S. Johnson and published by Quill. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Longitude comes a collection of fascinating stories about seven islands that were charted by Age of Discovery mapmakers--but which never actually existed. Sailor and author Donald Johnson reveals each island's dark origins and mysterious cartographic life through an intricate exploration of history and legend. Maps & engravings.
Download or read book Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is today considered possible that there was sporadic contact between Europe and North America as early as the Ice Ages. Before the European voyages to the New World of the ages of discovery there were tales of islands far out in the 'world ocean.' Whether these reflected pre-Columbian knowledge of the Americas or were just the human impulse to fill in the blanks is still up for debate. This book covers many of the best-known (and some lesser-known) legends, from Atlantis, the Irish voyages of Bran, Maelduin and St. Brendan, the elusive Antillia and the Fountain of Youth which the Spanish sought, and the mysterious city of Norumbega. Rounding out the book is a mass of scholarly notes which identify the sources of each tale.
Download or read book Tales o9f the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Tales o9f the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Download or read book TALES OF THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC 20 Tales of Enchanted Islands written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These tales have been gathered for more than a thousand years about the islands of the North Atlantic. In all ages and with all sea-going races there has always been something especially fascinating about an island amid the ocean. Its very existence has for all explorers an air of magic. To seafarers an island offers safety after the danger of the open sea. The 20 tales about these enchanted islands of the North Atlantic are: The Story of Atlantis Taliessin of the Radiant Brow The Swan-Children of Lir Usheen in the Island of Youth Bran the Blessed The Castle of the Active Door Merlin the Enchanter Sir Lancelot of the Lake The Half-Man King Arthur at Avalon Maelduin's Voyage The Voyage of St. Brandan Kirwan's Search for Hy-Brasail The Isle of Satan's Hand Antillia, the Island of the Seven Cities Harald the Viking The Search for Norumbega The Guardians of the St. Lawrence The Island of Demons Bimini and the Fountain of Youth Once you set foot on such an island and you can begin to understand the legends of enchantment which the ages have collected around such spots. Climb to the heights of Glastonbury Tor and gaze westwards, and you look out over the Bristol Channel, you can imagine yourself to be at the masthead of some lonely vessel, kept forever at sea. You feel as if no one but yourself has ever landed there; and yet, perhaps, even there, looking straight downward, you can imagine you see below you in some crevice of the rock, a mast or spar of some wrecked vessel, encrusted with all manner of shells and barnacles. So, we invite you to curl up with these ancient legends not seen in print for many-a-year; and immerse yourself in the tales and fables of yesteryear. YEATERDAY'S BOOKS for TODAY'S CHARITIES ---------------------------- TAGS: fairy tales, folklore, myths, legends, children’s stories, children’s stories, bygone era, fairydom, fairy land, classic stories, children’s bedtime stories, fables, Story of Atlantis, Taliessin, Radiant Brow, Swan-Children, Lir, Usheen, Oisin, Island of Youth, Bran the Blessed, Castle, Active Door, Merlin, Enchanter, Enchanted, North, Atlantic, Sir Lancelot, Lake, Half-Man, King Arthur, Avalon, Glastonbury tor, Maelduin's Voyage, St. Brandan, St. Brendan, Kirwan's Search, Hy-Brasail, Isle, Satan's Hand, Antillia, Island of Seven Cities, Harald, Viking, Norumbega, Guardians, St. Lawrence, Island of Demons, Bimini, Fountain of Youth
Download or read book ISLAND TALES The Mysterious Island Treasure Island written by Jules Verne and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as seen in Long John Silver — unusual for children's literature now and then. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen carrying parrots on their shoulders. The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though thematically it is vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled Shipwrecked Family: Marooned With Uncle Robinson, seen as indicating the influence on the novel of Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson." The book tells the adventures of five American prisoners of war on an uncharted island in the South Pacific.
Download or read book The Atlantic Connection written by Anna Suranyi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the interconnections of the Atlantic world from 1450-1900, The Atlantic Connection examines the major themes of Atlantic history. During this period, ships, goods, diseases, human beings and ideas flowed across the ocean, tying together the Atlantic basin in a complex web of relationships. Divided into five main thematic sections while maintaining a broadly chronological structure, this book considers key cultural themes such as gender, social developments, the economy, and ideologies as well as: - the role of the Atlantic in ensuring European dominance - the creation of a set of societies with new cultural norms and philosophical ideals that continued to evolve and to transform not only the Atlantic, but the rest of the world - the contestation over rights and justice that emerged from the Atlantic world which continues to exist as a significant issue today. The Atlantic Connection is shaped by its exploration of a key question: how did Europe come to dominate the Atlantic if not through its technological prowess? Adeptly weaving a multitude of events into a larger analytical narrative, this book provides a fascinating insight into this complex region and will be essential reading for students of Atlantic history.
Download or read book Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic written by Wentworth Thomas Higginson and published by . This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic Illustrated written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all ages and with all sea-going races there has always been something especially fascinating about an island amid the ocean. Its very existence has for all explorers an air of magic. An island offers to us heights rising from depths; it exhibits that which is most fixed beside that which is most changeable, the fertile beside the barren, and safety after danger. The ocean forever tends to encroach on the island, the island upon the ocean. They exist side by side, friends yet enemies. The island signifies safety in calm, and yet danger in storm; in a tempest the sailor rejoices that he is not near it; even if previously bound for it, he puts about and steers for the open sea. Often if he seeks it he cannot reach it. The present writer spent a winter on the island of Fayal, and saw in a storm a full-rigged ship drift through the harbour disabled, having lost her anchors; and it was a week before she again made the port. The order of the tales in the present work follows roughly the order of development, giving first the legends which kept near the European shore, and then those which, like St. Brandan's or Antillia, were assigned to the open sea or, like Norumbega or the Isle of Demons, to the very coast of America. Every tale in this book bears reference to some actual legend, followed more or less closely, and the authorities for each will be found carefully given in the appendix for such readers as may care to follow the subject farther. It must be remembered that some of these imaginary islands actually remained on the charts of the British admiralty until within a century. If even the exact science of geographers retained them thus long, surely romance should embalm them forever.
Download or read book Tales of Languedoc written by Samuel Jacques Brun and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monthly Bulletin of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Monthly Bulletin written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
