Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

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War & Military Travel & Geography Transportation

48 Kapitel14h 11mEnglish

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A collection of true stories of the high seas, from the nineteenth century. Shipwrecks, mutiny, life and death decision-making -- all far from home, while pitting themselves against the elements. The romance of the seafaring life is depicted in its brutal reality. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Kapitel (47)

1Adventures of Capt. Woodward and Five Seamen in the island of Celebes

1058

2An Occurrence at sea

323

3Loss of H. B. M ship Phœnix, off Cuba

2097

4An account of the Whale Fishery, with anecdotes of the dangers attending it

2877

5Loss of the Brig Tyrrel

1372

6Loss of the Peggy

1007

7Loss of H. B. M. ship Litchfield

1422

8Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steamer

741

9Loss of the French ship Droits de L’Homme

579

10Loss of H. B. M. ship Queen Charlotte

356

11A Scene on the Atlantic Ocean

103

12Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 1

2257

13Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 2

2289

14Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 3

2158

15Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 4

2638

16Loss of the Royal George

379

17Loss of the Æneas, transport

593

18The Absent Ship

127

19Loss of the Halsewell, East Indiaman

1623

20An account of Four Russians, abandoned on the Island of East Spitzbergen

1069

21Loss of the Amphitrite, Female Convict Ship

522

22The Mutineers, a Tale of the Sea

976

23Fate of Seven Sailors, left on the island of St. Maurice

431

24Seamen wintering in Spitzbergen

460

25A Man Overboard

406

26An Escape through the Cabin-Windows

830

27Tom Cringle’s Log

753

28Loss of the Nautilus, Sloop of War

1640

29Wreck of a Slave Ship

272

30The Wrecked Seamen

1001

31Adventures of Philip Ashton Part 1

1611

32Adventures of Philip Ashton Part 2

1519

33Explosion of H. B. M. ship Amphion

967

34Loss of H. B. M. ship La Tribune

812

35Burning of the Prince, a French East Indiaman

1597

36Wreck of the Schooner Betsey

449

37Early American Heroism

313

38Fingal’s Cave

104

39Loss of H. B. M. ship Ramillies

1457

40Preservation of Nine Seamen

1247

41Capt. Ross’s Expedition

1467

42Loss of the Catharine, Venus, and Piedmont, transports, and three Merchant Ships

1647

43Wreck of the Ship Sidney

737

44Loss of the Duke William, transport

2330

45Commodore Barney

597

46Naval Battles of the United States

1571

47Address to the Ocean

100

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