Harbors and High Seas : An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian

by KING D

• ISBN13: 9780805059489
• ISBN10: 0805059482
• Edition: 2nd
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co

Summary

"Travel along with Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin in this companion to the acclaimed sea - faring tales of Patrick O'Brian. For every novel in the series, you will find a chapter in Harbors and High Seas describing the plot's locale; providing background information on remote cities, key ports, and essential geographical features; and touching on significant events - without ever giving away the twists of the plot. This second edition features two completely new chapters, while the detailed maps of the first edition - depicting sea voyages, overland routes, battles, storms, landings, and other important events - have been updated to include the latest episodes in the Aubrey-Maturin novels, as well as illustrations by Geoff Hunt of Moahu and Dyak Island."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xv	(4)
Acknowledgments	xix	(2)
Preface to the Second Edition	xxi
Foreword	1	(8)
Dean King
INTRODUCTION	9	(26)
Not a Moment to Lose	9	(3)
John B. Hattendorf
MAP: Neat Diagram of the Winds: January to June	12	(2)
MAP: Neat Diagram of the Winds: July to December	14	(6)
MAP: Colonies and Trade Routes in 1814	20	(15)
MAPS OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND EUROPE	35	(13)
MAP: England and Wales in 1812	35	(1)
MAP: Southern England	36	(3)
MAP: Ireland in 1812	39	(1)
MAP: London in 1812	40	(3)
MAP: Whitehall in 1812	43	(1)
MAP: Europe in 1812	44	(4)
THE NOVELS	48	(175)
Map Key	48	(1)
Chapter 1. Master and Commander: Mastering the Mediterranean	49	(9)
Algeciras Bay	51	(1)
Gibraltar	51	(1)
MAP: Highlights of the Sophie's Lucky Cruise	52	(2)
Minorca	54	(1)
Port Mahon	54	(3)
Strait of Gibraltar (the Gut)	57	(1)
Chapter 2. Post Captain: England, the Continent, and a North Atlantic Showdown	58	(13)
MAP: "Can He Dance, Mate?"	59	(2)
MAP: Two Battles with the Bellone	61	(2)
Bath	63	(1)
Bay of Biscay	63	(1)
Cadiz	63	(1)
Chatham	63	(2)
The Downs, North and South	65	(1)
English Channel or the Channel	66	(1)
Goodwin Sands	66	(1)
The Liberties of the Savoy	66	(1)
The Nore	67	(2)
Plymouth	69	(1)
Portsmouth	69	(1)
Saint-Valery	69	(1)
Sussex	69	(1)
Toulon	70	(1)
Wapping Dock	70	(1)
Chapter 3. HMS Surprise: A Lively Time in the Med and a Surprise Voyage to the East Indies	71	(8)
MAP: A Fool's Errand and Borneo Rubies	72	(3)
Bombay	75	(2)
Calcutta	77	(1)
Canary Islands	77	(1)
Gulf of Giens	77	(1)
India	77	(1)
Madeira	78	(1)
Norman Cross	78	(1)
St. Paul's Rocks	78	(1)
Tenerife	78	(1)
Chapter 4. The Mauritius Command: Action in the Indian Ocean	79	(9)
MAP: A Voyage to the Indian Ocean	80	(2)
Ashgrove Cottage	82	(1)
MAP: Warm Work in Shallow Waters	83	(1)
Cape of Good Hope	84	(1)
Dry Salvages	84	(1)
Eight Degree Channel	84	(1)
Mauritius	84	(3)
The Solent	87	(1)
Ten Degree Channel	87	(1)
Chapter 5. Desolation Island: From Hot Water in Hampshire to Shattering South Seas	88	(8)
Cape Finisterre	91	(1)
Cape Verde Islands	91	(1)
MAP: Dueling Ships in the Lower Forties	92	(2)
Kerguelen Island	94	(1)
Recife	95	(1)
Chapter 6. The Fortune of War: An Unlucky Voyage from the East Indies	96	(7)
MAP: Fire, Sun, Lead, and Lunatics	98	(2)
Cape Town	100	(1)
Dutch East Indies	100	(1)
MAP: A Challenge of Honor Accepted	101	(1)
Spice Islands	102	(1)
Chapter 7. The Surgeon's Mate: From North America to the Baltic to the Tower in the Temple	103	(10)
MAP: Home in a Hell-Fire Hurry	104	(2)
MAP: A Diplomatic Mission in Northern Waters	106	(3)
Baltic Sea	109	(1)
Brest	110	(1)
Elsinore or Helsingor	111	(1)
Gothenburg or Goteborg	112	(1)
Halifax	112	(1)
North Sea	112	(1)
Sable Island	112	(1)
Chapter 8. The Ionian Mission: Toil and Trouble in the Mediterranean	113	(8)
MAP: One Bey at a Time	114	(4)
Barbary States	118	(1)
Cape St. Vincent	119	(1)
Constantinople	119	(1)
Ile de Groix	119	(1)
Ionian Isles	119	(1)
Lorient	120	(1)
Palermo	120	(1)
Chapter 9. Treason's Harbour: Fiasco in the Middle East	121	(8)
MAP: Shark-Infested Waters	123	(2)
Adriatic Sea	125	(1)
Malta	125	(1)
Mascara	125	(1)
Pelusium	126	(1)
Red Sea	126	(2)
Suez	128	(1)
Chapter 10. The Far Side of the World: Around the Horn in a Hurry	129	(8)
MAP: In Pursuit of the Norfolk	132	(2)
Cape Horn	134	(1)
Galapagos Islands	134	(1)
Marquesas Islands	134	(1)
Sao Francisco River	134	(2)
Tierra del Fuego	136	(1)
Valparaiso	136	(1)
Chapter 11. The Reverse of the Medal: Homeward Bound from the West Indies	137	(8)
Azores	138	(1)
MAP: Three Spartans	139	(1)
Barbados	140	(2)
The City	142	(1)
The Inns of Court	142	(1)
Sargasso Sea	142	(2)
The Temple	144	(1)
Temple Bar	144	(1)
Chapter 12. The Letter of Marque: Redemption in the Azores and on the Normandy Coast	145	(7)
MAP: Action in the Azores	147	(2)
Riga	149	(1)
Shelmerston	150	(1)
Spanish Main	151	(1)
Woolcombe House	151	(1)
Chapter 13. The Thirteen Gun Salute: False Starts and the East Indies	152	(14)
MAP: An Unexpected Round-trip	153	(7)
MAP: Destination Pulo Prabang	160	(2)
Batavia	162	(1)
Corunna or La Coruna	163	(1)
Java	163	(1)
Sunda Strait	164	(1)
Tristan da Cunha	164	(2)
Chapter 14. The Nutmeg of Consolation: From the Java Sea to Sydney Cove	166	(11)
MAP: Cracking on Like Smoke and Oakum	168	(2)
Antipodes	170	(1)
Java Sea	171	(1)
MAP: A Blue-Water Sail to Sydney Cove	172	(2)
New South Wales	174	(1)
Port Jackson	174	(2)
Sulu Archipelago	176	(1)
Sydney Cove	176	(1)
Chapter 15. The Truelove: An Urgent Detour to the Not-So-Pacific Island of Moahu	177	(7)
MAP: A South Pacific Detour	178	(2)
Annamooka Island	180	(1)
Christmas Island	180	(1)
Easter Island	180	(1)
Nootka Sound	180	(1)
Norfolk Island	181	(1)
Tahiti	182	(2)
Chapter 16. The Wine-Dark Sea: South America at Last	184	(8)
Callao	185	(1)
Chile	185	(1)
MAP: Nature's Broadside	186	(2)
MAP: Maturin's Revolutionary Excursion	188	(1)
Cuzco	189	(1)
Diego Ramirez	189	(1)
MAP: The Pride Which Goeth Before Destruction	190	(1)
Hull	191	(1)
Potosi	191	(1)
Chapter 17. The Commodore: Great Guns on the Coasts of Africa and Ireland	192	(10)
MAP: A Great Roaring Din on the Slave Coast	194	(2)
MAP: Nabbing the French Near Bantry Bay	196	(3)
Ascension Island	199	(1)
Bere Haven	200	(1)
Cape Coast Castle	200	(1)
County Cork	200	(1)
The Downs	200	(1)
Freetown	200	(1)
North Foreland	200	(1)
Sierra Leone	201	(1)
South Foreland	201	(1)
Temple Stairs	201	(1)
Whydah or Ouidah	201	(1)
Chapter 18. The Yellow Admiral: Rough Seas on the Brest Blockade	202	(10)
MAP: Woolcombe House and Environs (and Diana's Route to Tor Bay)	204	(3)
MAP: On the "Siberia" Blockade	207	(3)
Brest	210	(1)
Brittany or Bretagne	211	(1)
Ushant or Ile d'Ouessant	211	(1)
Chapter 19. The Hundred Days: Confusion to Boney, Encore!	212	(11)
MAP: Trimming Boney's Sails in the Med	214	(5)
Alboran	219	(1)
Algiers	220	(1)
Bocche di (or Gulf of) Cattaro	220	(1)
Castelnuovo	220	(1)
Cattaro	220	(1)
Durazzo	220	(1)
Lake Scutari	221	(1)
Lesina	221	(1)
Ragusa	221	(1)
Ragusa Vecchio	221	(2)
Maritime Measures	223	(2)
Selected Bibliography	225	(4)
Author Notes	229	(2)
Index	231