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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.
- Chapters
- Preface
- Adventures of Capt. Woodward and Five Seamen in the island of Celebes
- An Occurrence at sea
- Loss of H. B. M ship Phœnix, off Cuba
- An account of the Whale Fishery, with anecdotes of the dangers attending it
- Loss of the Brig Tyrrel
- Loss of the Peggy
- Loss of H. B. M. ship Litchfield
- Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steamer
- Loss of the French ship Droits de L’Homme
- Loss of H. B. M. ship Queen Charlotte
- A Scene on the Atlantic Ocean
- Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 1
- Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 2
- Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 3
- Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 4
- Loss of the Royal George
- Loss of the Æneas, transport
- The Absent Ship
- Loss of the Halsewell, East Indiaman
- An account of Four Russians, abandoned on the Island of East Spitzbergen
- Loss of the Amphitrite, Female Convict Ship
- The Mutineers, a Tale of the Sea
- Fate of Seven Sailors, left on the island of St. Maurice
- Seamen wintering in Spitzbergen
- A Man Overboard
- An Escape through the Cabin-Windows
- Tom Cringle’s Log
- Loss of the Nautilus, Sloop of War
- Wreck of a Slave Ship
- The Wrecked Seamen
- Adventures of Philip Ashton Part 1
- Adventures of Philip Ashton Part 2
- Explosion of H. B. M. ship Amphion
- Loss of H. B. M. ship La Tribune
- Burning of the Prince, a French East Indiaman
- Wreck of the Schooner Betsey
- Early American Heroism
- Fingal’s Cave
- Loss of H. B. M. ship Ramillies
- Preservation of Nine Seamen
- Capt. Ross’s Expedition
- Loss of the Catharine, Venus, and Piedmont, transports, and three Merchant Ships
- Wreck of the Ship Sidney
- Loss of the Duke William, transport
- Commodore Barney
- Naval Battles of the United States
- Address to the Ocean