Across the Pond

by Malcolm Archibald

Overview

Nautical folklore

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781870325332
Publisher:	Whittles Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2001
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.44(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	vi
1	Out of the Central Sea	1
2	By Curragh and Knorr	10
3	Admiral of the Ocean Sea	18
4	Unknown Coasts	28
5	Treasure Seekers	39
6	The Colonists	47
7	'This Stinking Smoke'	56
8	Form Line of Battle	65
9	The Slavers	73
10	The Privateers	81
11	The Emigrants	90
12	Caribbean Sugar	99
13	Of Ships and Shipbuilders	107
14	Packet Rats	116
15	The Coming of Steam	125
16	Hunters of the Icy Waters	134
17	The Convoys	144
18	The Contest of the Liners	153
19	Crossing the Pond	162
20	The Atlantic Lifeline	171
21	The Challenge of Pleasure	180
	Glossary	188
	Bibliography	189