World Shores and Beaches

Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 40 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women’s and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface       Introduction      Beaches and Shores Listed by Country      Acapulco, Mexico      Aldabra, Seychelles      Alexandria, Egypt      Apo Reef, Philippines      Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina      Birsay Bay, Orkney      Cape Hatteras, North Carolina      Capernaum, Israel      Chersonese, Ukraine      Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia      Cyrenia, Cyprus      Delos, Greece      Dingle, Ireland      Dubai, United Arab Emirates      Elmina Castle, Ghana      Essaouira, Morocco      Fortescue Bay, Tasmania      Halong Bay, Vietnam      Ijsselmeer, Holland      Imari Bay, Kyushu, Japan      Jeffreys Bay, South Africa      Kaho'Olawe, Hawaii      Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand      Kraternaya Bay, Kuril Islands      Lindisfarne, Farne Islands, Northumberland      Lipari, Sicily      Manzanillo, Costa Rica      Matagorda Island, Texas      Matrah, Oman      McMurdo Sound, Antarctica      Monte Carlo, Monaco      Monterey, California      Myrtle Beach, South Carolina      Ofu Island, Manu'a, America Samoa      Omaha Beach, France      Ostia, Italy      Phuket, Thailand      Point Barrow, Alaska      Port Royal, Jamaica      Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island,Galápagos Islands, Ecuador      Red Bay, Labrador      Roskilde Fjord, Denmark      Salvador da Bahia, Brazil      Selinus, Cilicia, Turkey      Stone Town, Zanzibar      Sydney, New South Wales, Australia      Tintagel Head, Cornwall      Uchinada, Japan      Vizcaya, Miami Beach, Florida      Woolacombe, Devon      Glossary      Appendix: Selected Literary Works and Films Providing Data on Beaches and Shores      General Bibliography      Index