Nautical fiction
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Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relatio
An illustration from a 1902 printing of Moby-Dick, one of the renowned American sea novels
J. M. W. Turner, The Battle of Trafalgar (circa. 1806). Turner's seascapes reflect the Romantic movement's new attitude to the sea
The original cover of Cooper's The Pilot, printed in 1823.
The Polish cover to Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel Lord Jim
Redburn
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Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth
First edition title page
Launcelott's Hey, 1843