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Tables of Contents for Harbors and High Seas
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
xv
Acknowledgments
xix
A Note on the Third Edition
xxi
Preface to the Second Edition
xxiii
Foreword
1
8
Dean King
INTRODUCTION
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
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
5
THE NOVELS
Map Key
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
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
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
The Mauritius Command: Action in the Indian Ocean
79
17
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
Desolation Island: From Hot Water in Hampshire to Shattering South Seas
88
3
Cape Finisterre
91
1
Cape Verde Islands
91
1
Map: Ducling Ships in the Lower Forties
92
2
Kerguclen Island
94
1
Recife
95
1
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
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
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
He de Groix
119
1
Ionian Isles
119
1
Lorient
120
1
Palermo
120
1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Hundred Days: Confusion to Boney, Encore!
212
10
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
1
Blue at the Mizzen: A Hot Time in Chile
222
13
Map: Waterloo, June 18, 1815
223
3
Map: A Broadside for Freedom
226
5
Atacama Desert
231
1
Cape of the Eleven Thousand Virgins (or Cape Virjenes)
231
1
Chile
232
1
Chiloe Archipelago
232
1
Chonos Archipelago
232
1
Golconda
232
1
Magellan's Strait
233
1
Tullyallan
233
2
Maritime Measures
235
2
Selected Bibliography
237
4
Author Notes
241
2
Index
243