Harbors and high seas : an atlas and geographical guide to the complete Aubrey-Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian /
This indispensable guide to navigating the well-loved Aubrey-Maturin novels has been updated, with new chapters devoted to the final books in the series. Harbors and High Seas includes maps created exclusively for each of the novels in this world-renowned series.
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New York :
Henry Holt,
2000.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Dean King
- Introduction: Not a moment to lose / John B. Hattendorf
- Maps or England, Ireland, and Europe
- The novels
- Master and Commander: mastering the Mediterranean
- Post Captain: England, the continent, and a North Atlantic showdown
- HMS Surprise: a lively time in the Med and a Surprise voyage to the East Indies
- The Mauritius Command: action in the Indian Ocean
- Desolation Island: from hot water in Hampshire to shattering South Seas
- The Fortune of War: an unlucky voyage from the East Indies
- The Surgeon's Mate: from North America to the Baltic to the tower in the temple
- The Ionian Mission: toil and trouble in the Mediterranean
- Treason's Harbour: fiasco in the Middle East
- The Far Side of the World: around the horn in a hurry
- The Reverse of the Medal: homeward bound from the West Indies
- The Letter of Marque: redemption in the Azores and on the Normandy Coast
- The Thirteen Gun Salute: false starts and the East Indies
- The Nutmeg of Consolation: from the Java Sea to Sydney Cove
- The Truelove: an urgent detour to the not-so-Pacific Island of Moahu
- The Wine-Dark Sea: South America at last
- The Commodore: great guns on the coasts of Africa and Ireland
- The Yellow Admiral: rough seas on the Brest blockade
- The Hundred Days: confusion to Boney, encore!
- Blue at the Mizzen: a hot time in Chile
- Maritime measures.