Nautical Books

The Seven Seas

Rudyard Kipling

The Seven Seas is a book of poetry by Rudyard Kipling published 1896. Dedication To The City Of BombayA Song Of The EnglishThe First ChanteyThe Last ChanteyThe MerchantmenMCANDREWS' HYMNThe Mirac..

Moonfleet

John Meade Falkner

Moonfleet is a 1898 novel written by English writer J. Meade Falkner. A tale of smuggling, royal treasure and shipwreck, the book was extremely popular among children worldwide up until the 1970s, mos..

Lord Jim

Joseph Conrad

A classic of early literary modernism, Lord Jim tells the story of a young "simple and sensitive character" who loses his honor in a display of cowardice at sea -- and of his expiation of that sin aga..

The Coral Island - A Tale of the Pacific Ocean

Robert Michael Ballantyne

The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean is a novel written by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. One of the first works of juvenile fiction to feature exclusively juvenile heroes, the story relat..

The Rose of Paradise

Howard Pyle

The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juan..

The Castaways

Captain Mayne Reid

The features of the white man sitting nearest to him are in strange contrast to his, as is also the colour of his hair and skin. The hair is of a carroty shade, while his complexion, originally reddis..

The Missing Ship - The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley

William Giles Kingston

The Missing Ship: The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley is a sea story written by an English writer of boys' adventure novels. Excerpts from the book:“No sign of a breeze yet, Owen?” asked Captain Tracy,..

The Kidnapped President

Guy Newell Boothby

The Kidnapped President is an adventure novel written by Guy Newell Boothby,  prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of th..