Archaeological finds from Wales - including Bronze-Age boats, Roman ships and their cargoes, the medieval Newport ship and the seventeenth-century royal yacht Mary - testify to the long history of Wales as a seafaring nation. This book evokes the impact of the sea through the artistic and cultural imagination with coastal maps, naval paintings, seascapes, poetry, song, popular seaside souvenirs, and archival photographs. Comprehensive, up-to-date, and rooted in scholarship, but written to be enjoyed by the general reader. Fully illustrated.