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Cheap, Henry, 79
Cheap, James, 11, 12
Cheap’s Bay, 121, 173
Chile, 4, 69, 89, 90, 91, 110, 124, 149, 197, 224–27, 230
Chiloé Island, 149, 154, 155, 187, 222–24
China, 211, 212
Chono people, 222–24, 256
The Christian’s Pattern: or, A Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ, 46, 120, 134, 150, 166, 196
citrus, 77
Clark, Thomas, 32, 33, 91, 103, 120, 152, 154, 168, 197
codes and ciphers, 14, 35
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 70
colonialism, 12–13, 114, 125, 193, 220, 228, 242–44, 250
Columbus, Christopher, 16
Conrad, Joseph, 233; Lord Jim, 233; “The Secret Sharer,” 61
Cook, James, 251, 256
cooks, 32, 75, 107
cormorants, 118, 124, 125
court-martial of Wager castaways, 5, 203–4, 231, 232–35, 237–44; beginning of, 237; naval rules, 233–35, 241; preparation for, 232–36; verdict, 241
Covadonga, 213–20; battle with Centurion, 213–20, 238; surrender, 219; treasure, 214, 220
Cowper, William, “The Castaway,” 84–85
Cozens, Henry, 36, 72, 103, 120, 122, 141–46; as castaway on Wager Island, 141–46 shot by Cheap, 141–46, 147, 159, 160, 164, 167, 203, 233–34, 249, 253, 254
Crosslet Island, 256
Crusset, Rowland, 136–38
Cummins, John, 72, 86, 91, 92, 103, 109, 119, 120, 135, 144, 147–57, 178–79, 183, 195, 196, 239; arrest of, 232–36; court-martial and, 239, 240; longboat modified into ark, 147–57; narrative of, 203–8; return to England, 202–8
D
Darwin, Charles, 5, 192, 251
dead reckoning, 65–66, 80, 91, 151, 192
deathwatch beetles, 16
Defoe, Daniel, 47, 80, 228; Robinson Crusoe, 80, 117, 122
Deptford, 17, 18
deserters, 22–23
Desolation Island, 182
Discharged Dead (DD), 78–79
disease, 12, 20, 23, 24, 50–58, 74–81, 85, 89, 92, 117, 210; see also specific diseases
dogs, 123, 131, 132, 254
dolphins, 125
Doughty, Thomas, 67
Dover, 227
Drake, Sir Francis, 30, 66–67, 182
Drake Passage, 62, 79, 80, 87, 150, 151
Dryden, John, 110
Duck, John, 103, 120, 154, 168, 176, 195, 196, 248–49; sold into slavery, 248–49
E
earthquakes, 157, 158
East India Company, 17
East Indies, 50
Edwards, Philip, 230
Elliot, Walter, 76, 94, 103, 116, 144–45, 154, 167, 174, 185, 222, 223
Endeavour, 251
England, 3, 10, 12–15, 28, 64, 103, 126, 137, 159, 169, 231; aftermath of Wager affair, 253–57; Articles of War, 62, 114, 116, 137, 227, 233–34, 237; Cheap returns to, 222–31; colonialism, 12–13, 114, 125, 193, 220, 228, 242–44, 250; Longitude Act, 65; Parliament, 13, 29, 65, 159, 243; return of castaways to, 202–8, 221, 222–31; war with Spain, 10, 12–15, 41–42, 43–58, 89, 149–50, 151, 210–20, 226–27, 242–44
English Channel, 9, 25
Enlightenment, 5
equator, 64, 66
Ettrick, Henry, 51–52, 75, 76, 77
F
First Narrow, 193–94
fish and shellfish, 107, 121, 124, 125, 128–31, 151, 179, 180
flogging, 137–39
food, 32, 101, 198; poisonous, 223; refeeding syndrome, 195; on ships, 32, 36, 75, 85, 101, 115–16, 165–66, 179–84, 187, 193–96; shortages, 85, 107–14, 117–22, 128–39, 149, 162–63, 183–84, 193–96; slaugh cakes, 117; Speedwell, 165–66, 175, 179–8, 183–84, 193–96; theft, 135–39, 166; on Wager Island, 107–114, 117–22, 124, 128–30, 131–39, 149, 162–63, 185
forecastle men, 33
France, 244, 255
frostbite, 73
fungus, 16–17
G
Galileo, 65
gambling, 36
gangrene, 145
George II, King of England, 188
Gloucester, 15, 18, 23, 40, 41, 57, 78, 209; passage around Cape Horn, 78, 86; wreckage of, 209–10
gold, 220
Greenwich, England, 64
Grub Street hacks, 229–31, 249
guanacos, 193
Guaraní Indians, 55–56
Gulf of Pain, 93, 95, 124, 187, 256
gunnery, 16, 43–49, 213–19
H
Hamilton, Thomas, 34, 103, 116, 144, 156, 164, 165, 167, 174, 185, 186, 221, 254; captured by Spanish, 225–27; narrative of, 229–30; return to England, 221, 222–31
Harrison, John, 65
Harvey, Thomas, 31, 101, 103, 116, 136, 142, 154, 161, 168, 178, 179, 195
helmsmen, 33, 93, 95
Hertford Island, 256
Hobbes, Thomas, 5, 114
Hobbs Island, 256
Howe, Richard, 238
humpback whales, 67
hypothermia, 118
I
Industry, 24–25, 53–54; captured by Spanish, 54
insects, 16–17, 56, 225
J
Jenkins, Robert, 13, 243
jibe, 93
Johnson, Henry, 12
Johnson, Samuel, 11, 30
Jones, John, 95, 100, 103, 120, 121, 168
Juan Fernández Islands, 79–81, 141, 209
K
Kawésqar people, 123–30, 222, 256
Keppel, Augustus, 15–16, 47, 78, 85, 238
Kidd, Dandy, 18–19, 23, 32, 41, 57, 58, 71; death of, 58
Kidd, William, 18
King, John, 28, 32, 47, 72, 83, 101, 105, 106, 117, 133, 140, 162, 165, 168, 180, 195, 196, 201–2, 240; arrest of, 232–36; court-martial and, 244
King’s Letter boy, 30
Kipling, Rudyard, 63
L
language, nautical, 35
latitude, 64, 192
Layman, C. H., 241
Lepore, Jill, 247
lice, 2, 51, 107
limes, 77
Limeys, 77
limpets, 151
liquor, 19, 40, 101, 105, 115, 117, 122, 130, 139, 141–42, 145, 156, 225, 240
livestock, 17, 33, 85, 128, 212
loblolly boys, 33, 56, 214
logbooks, 47–49, 102, 120, 206
London, 22, 23, 159, 204, 207, 220, 221, 227–29, 232, 256
London Daily Post, 25
The London Magazine, 207
longboats, 54, 100–101, 173; Brazil plan and voyage, 4, 150–57, 158, 160, 165–69, 173–76, 177–84, 192–98; modified into ark, 147–57, 163
longitude, 64–65, 192
Longitude Act, 65
lubber hole, 38
M
Maclean, Thomas, 32, 107, 154, 168, 197
Madeira, 40–42, 253
Magellan, Ferdinand, 64, 66, 67, 68, 125–26, 194
mainmast, 37, 86; climbing the, 37–39
Malcolm, Janet, 231
Manila, 212
Marine Bay, 190
marines, 33–34, 43, 103, 136–39, 189, 255
Marryat, Frederick, 237
Martin, 222–24
Melville, Herman, 5, 39, 63, 70; Redburn, 39; White-Jacket, 63, 256
men-of-war, 15–17, 210; construction, 15–17; crews, 19–24, 27–42; disease, 20, 23, 50–58, 74–81, 85, 89, 92, 210; gunnery, 16, 43–49, 213–19; hunted by Spanish armada, 41–42, 43–58, 66, 70, 151, 226; passage around Cape Horn, 62–81; social units and divisions, 31–34; vermin, 16–17, 56, 78; wood decay, 16–17; see also specific ships
Mexico, 13
midshipmen, 27–42, 120
Millechamp, Lawrence, 49, 52, 57, 66, 67, 68, 70, 78, 80, 209, 211, 213, 217
Milton, John, 34; Paradise Lost, 80
Minnesota Starvation Experiment, 113–14
Mitchell, James, 32, 72, 94, 101, 105, 106, 130, 148, 186; as castaway on Wager Island, 105, 106, 109, 122, 133, 140, 148, 168, 186
mizzenmast, 37, 86
Montero, Gerónimo, 214–19
Montesquieu, 5, 251
Morris, Isaac, 36, 103, 120, 168, 195, 196, 245–48, 253; narrative of, 248; return to England, 245–48
Mount Anson, 121, 257
Mount Misery, 121, 123, 142, 164, 186, 191, 257
Murray, George, 41, 46, 52, 53, 58, 82, 85, 87
music, 36
mussels, 124, 128, 151, 180
mutiny, 4–5, 66–67, 114, 142, 143, 158–69, 202–3, 229–36, 244, 247; Bounty, 235; court-martial, 5, 203–4, 231, 232–35, 237–44; Magellan and, 66, 67; narratives of, 202–8, 228–31, 248–51, 254–56; naval rules on, 233–35; press on, 229–30; Wager Island plot and allegations, 4–5, 158–69, 173–76, 202–8, 229–36
N
Napoleonic wars, 256
Narborough, Sir John, 121, 150, 151, 152, 181–82, 192, 193
The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron…, 254–55
NASA, 126
natural resources, 12
nautical expressions, 35
navigation, 15, 33, 34–35, 64–66; Brazil plan and voyage, 4, 150–57, 158, 160, 165–69, 177–84, 192–98; Cape Horn, 14–15, 62–74, 80–81, 82–93, 151, 188–90, 209; dead reckoning, 65–66, 80, 91, 151, 192; Speedwell, 165–69, 177–84, 192–98; Strait of Magellan, 150–57, 160, 177–84, 192–98
Navy Board, 45
Nelson, Horatio, 32, 35, 49, 255
Newstead Abbey, 29
Newton, Isaac, 64, 65
night blindness, 77
Norman Conquest, 28
Norris, John, 18, 40
Norris, Richard, 18, 40–41
O
O’Brian, Patrick, 5, 256; The Unknown Shore, 256
Olusoga, David, 243
omens, 18
opium, 94, 99
Oram, William, 148, 180, 198
Orellana, 246–48
otters, 124
Our Lady of Covadonga, see Covadonga
Ovid, 34
P
Pacific Ocean, 13, 90, 150, 182, 187, 193, 210, 212, 226, 235
Panama, 63
Patagonia, 4, 68–69, 90, 91, 93, 110, 121, 124, 126, 150, 153, 222, 245–46, 254
Pearl, 15, 41, 57–58, 87–88, 209; disappearance of, 87–88, 90; escape from Pizarro, 57–58; passage around Cape Horn, 69, 82, 87–88
Pemberton, Robert, 34, 103, 120, 134; as castaway on Wager Island, 134–35, 140, 154, 157, 160–62
penguins, 67
Pepys, Samuel, 16, 22, 29
Peru, 13, 210
petrels, 118
Philippines, 13, 212–13
Phipps, Richard, 118–19, 179–80, 181
piracy, 12, 13–14
Pizarro, Don José, 14, 42, 57–58, 226–27, 246; pursuit of Anson squadron, 57–58, 70, 226; slave rebellion against, 246–48
Plastow, Peter, 61, 103, 120, 154, 161
Port Desire, 194
Port Famine, 193
Portsmouth, 3, 9–10, 16, 19, 23, 203, 231, 232, 235, 245
Portugal, 55, 56, 202
