Frank T. Bullen 
Deep-Sea Plunderings (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook] 

This 1901 collection of short fiction by the author of
The Cruise of the Cachalot (1898) contains, among other stories, ‘Through Fire and Water, ‘ ‘The Debt of the Whale, ‘ ‘The Last Stand of the Decapods, ‘ ‘The Terror of Darkness, ‘ and ‘The Watchmen of the World.’

Circa l’autore

Frank Thomas Bullen (1857-1915) was a British writer and lecturer whose stirring stories of high-sea adventure were based on his own youthful experiences as a crew member and mate aboard a succession of merchant ships.  Among his best-known novels are The Cruise of the Cachalot (1897), Idylls of the Sea (1899), and The Call of the Deep (1907).