Richard De GrasseRichard de Grasse is a Professional Engineer and lifetime mariner. Beginning with a tour of duty in the United States Coast Guard he became a Licensed Merchant Marine Officer a Power and Sail Squadron Navigator and member of the esteemed Ocean Cruisig Club. He and his mate Kathleen sailed a small boat all around the oceans for thirty years. He has written numerous short stories and six novels mostly dealing with the sea. This nonfiction work is dedicated to those extraordinary ancient mariners who sailed the oceans thirty-five hundred years before Columbus. Read More Read Less