Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

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Anonymous

Title

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.

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Produced by David Wilson, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Mutiny

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eBook-No.

25982

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25982

Release Date

July 6, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THRILLING NARRATIVES OF MUTINY, MURDER AND PIRACY,
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — THE BOOK OF THE OCEAN.
4. 4.ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN WOODWARD AND FIVE SEAMEN IN THE ISLAND OF CELEBES.
5. 5.AN OCCURRENCE AT SEA.
6. 6.ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP PHŒNIX.
7. 7.AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE FISHERY — WITH ANECDOTES OF THE DANGERS ATTENDING IT. — THE NARWAL, OR SEA-UNICORN,
8. 8.LOSS OF THE BRIG TYRREL.
9. 9.THE LOSS OF THE PEGGY.
10. 10.LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP LITCHFIELD.
11. 11.WRECK OF THE ROTHSAY CASTLE STEAMER.
12. 12.SHIPWRECK OF THE FRENCH SHIP DROITS DE L’HOMME.
13. 13.THE LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP, QUEEN CHARLOTTE.
14. 14.A SCENE ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
15. 15.SHIPWRECK OF THE FRENCH FRIGATE MEDUSA.
16. 16.THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.
17. 17.LOSS OF THE ÆNEAS TRANSPORT.
18. 18.THE ABSENT SHIP.
19. 19.LOSS OF THE HALSEWELL.
20. 20.AN ACCOUNT OF FOUR RUSSIAN SAILORS, — ABANDONED ON THE ISLAND OF EAST SPITZBERGEN.
21. 21.LOSS OF THE AMPHITRITE CONVICT SHIP.
22. 22.THE MUTINEERS, A TALE OF THE SEA.
23. 23.FATE OF SEVEN SAILORS, — WHO WERE LEFT ON THE ISLAND OF ST. MAURICE.
24. 24.SEAMEN WINTERING IN SPITZBERGEN.
25. 25.A MAN OVERBOARD.
26. 26.AN ESCAPE THROUGH THE CABIN-WINDOWS.
27. 27.TOM CRINGLE’S LOG.
28. 28.LOSS OF THE NAUTILUS, SLOOP OF WAR, — ON A ROCK IN THE ARCHIPELAGO.
29. 29.WRECK OF A SLAVE SHIP.
30. 30.THE WRECKED SEAMEN.
31. 31.ADVENTURES OF PHILIP ASHTON, — WHO, AFTER ESCAPING FROM PIRATES, LIVED SIXTEEN MONTHS IN SOLITUDE ON A DESOLATE ISLAND.
32. 32.EXPLOSION OF HIS B. MAJESTY’S SHIP AMPHION.
33. 33.LOSS OF H. B. M. SHIP LA TRIBUNE, — OFF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.
34. 34.BURNING OF THE PRINCE, — A FRENCH EAST INDIAMAN.
35. 35.WRECK OF THE SCHOONER BETSEY, — ON A REEF OF ROCKS.
36. 36.EARLY AMERICAN HEROISM.
37. 37.FINGAL’S CAVE.
38. 38.THE LOSS OF THE RAMILLIES, — IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
39. 39.PRESERVATION OF NINE MEN, — IN A SMALL BOAT, SURROUNDED BY ISLANDS OF ICE.
40. 40.CAPTAIN ROSS’S EXPEDITION.
41. 41.LOSS OF THE CATHARINE, VENUS AND PIEDMONT TRANSPORTS; AND THREE MERCHANT SHIPS.
42. 42.WRECK OF THE BRITISH SHIP SIDNEY, — ON A REEF OF ROCKS IN THE SOUTH SEA.
43. 43.LOSS OF THE DUKE WILLIAM TRANSPORT.
44. 44.COMMODORE BARNEY.
45. 45.NAVAL BATTLES — OF THE UNITED STATES. — CRUISE OF THE WASP. — HORNET AND PENGUIN. — ALGERINE WAR.
46. 46.ADDRESS TO THE OCEAN.

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