In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Its twenty-man crew, fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, decided instead to sail their three tiny boats for the distant South American coast. They would eventually travel over 4,500 miles. The next three months...

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...

Discusses the "Titanic," providing information on the ship's construction, maiden voyage, tragic end, survivors, and wreckage.

Tells the tale of the sinking of the Titanic using the narratives of the witnesses and survivors to the disaster.

Learn about the sinking of the Titanic, the discovery of its wreckage and more, through text and photographs.

Gulliver's strange adventures in some of the most unusual lands ever imagined have made this one of the rare classics with an enduring and wide-ranging appeal to all ages. Gulliver's bad luck at sea not only gets him shipwrecked and castaway, but repeatedly throws him into strange societies of even stranger people. Readers are likely aware of Gulliver's experiences in Lilliput, where he meets a kingdom of six-inch-tall people with a set of prejudices...

Determined to remove her family from the superficial, high-society world in which her husband is engrossed, a woman flees to America along with her children on the R.M.S. Titanic. Learning of her plan her husband buys a steerage ticket in the hopes of reconciling with his family. But when fate steps in, the family faces an unimaginable challenge and the possibility of separation from each other forever.

The Andrea Gail, a fishing boat, sails into a massive storm in the North Atlantic Ocean, and as the storm intensifies, the men on board struggle to get home.

"An exploration of why the Bermuda Triangle is considered to be a danger to ships and planes, and the reality about its dangers; also discusses places of actual danger in the oceans. Features include a map, fact boxes, biographies of famous writers on the Bermuda Triangle, places to see and visit, a glossary, further readings, and index"--Provided by publisher.