This is a beautifully produced book. 64 pages about the sea and shipping, covering weather, sea life and the oceans, the evolution of ships and modern ships of the time, navigation and management of shipping, the law at sea and dangers of the sea, as well as ports, waterways and shipping lanes. The 128-page atlas is excellent and some maps show principal shipping routes and air routes, canals and oil pipelines; the atlas is complemented by an 84-page gazetteer called an index). How I wish the book was still published and how I wish I had owned this book from the 1970s when I was a young naval officer at sea! ( )