The book "The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism" is an exciting review of the history of sea travels from the earliest times to the XIX century. It includes the first mentions of sea travel, the history of shipbuilding, mentions the greatest men who pursued geographical discoveries like Columbus and his contemporaries, and the deeds of pirates like Sir Francis Drake. The author revises the history of the most significant shipwrecks and concludes with poetry dedicated to sea and ship travel. The author spent his life traveling on a steamship and collected numerous stories and illustrations of interesting distant places. The book is the culmination of his lifetime interest in sea, travel, history, and art.

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Frederick Whymper (1838 1901) was a British traveler, artist, explorer, and writer, who also spent part of his life in Canada and the United States, where he founded the San Francisco Art Association. Through the years of his travels by steamship, he collected data and illustrations of Kamchatka, Alaska, Cariboo, California, and many other territories that laid the basis for his works on maritime history.