"Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea" by James O. Brayman tells the tales of a collection of voyages from around the world. Incident at Resaca de la Palma, True Heroism, Thrilling Incident, Incident in the War of Mexican Independence, Sketch from Life on the Ocean, Escape from Shipwreck, The Hunter's Wife, Deaf Smith, the Texan Spy, and Escape from a Shark are just a few of thrilling adventures in this volume.

An illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales also a natural history of land-creatures.