Seafurrers: The Ships Cats Who Lapped and Mapped the World
Philippa Sandall
List price £11.99
Product Details
- Format:
- Hardback (BB)
- ISBN:
- 9781615194377
- Published:
- 01 May 2018
- Publisher:
- The Experiment
- Dimensions:
- 240 pages - 178 x 127 x 16mm
Categories:
While the extraordinary exploits of the seafarers who mapped the world have been well documented, those of their indispensable pest controllers, shipmates, and mascots haven’t - until now. Drawing on journals, newspaper reports, photographs, and more, Seafurrers provides us with a cat’s-eye view of maritime history. Forty tales recount the adventures of these valiant felines and point out nuggets of trivia along the way, including:
The math behind the damage rats could do on ships
How flying fish (and even squid) “fly”
Why cats don’t get scurvy.
This deft genealogy of cat-human friendship is sure to leave readers with a new appreciation of the cats who helped us at sea (and those we helplessly serve at home).
A charming compendium of anecdotes, fun facts, and grin-inducing historical photos of cats on daring expeditions, and the seamen who went with them.