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Errand of Mercy: America’s First Humanitarian Voyage to Famine-Stricken Ireland

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by Robert Bennet Forbes ...

Series series Irish Diaspora Series
In 1847, as Ireland was being devastated by the Great Famine, one American ship sailed not to profit from suffering, but to relieve it. Errand of Mercy recounts the extraordinary voyage of the USS Jamestown, a former warship stripped of its guns and sent across the Atlantic with food, clothing, and hope for the starving people of Ireland.Drawn from the original public domain account by Captain ... Read more

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In 1847, as Ireland was being devastated by the Great Famine, one American ship sailed not to profit from suffering, but to relieve it. Errand of Mercy recounts the extraordinary voyage of the USS Jamestown, a former warship stripped of its guns and sent across the Atlantic with food, clothing, and hope for the starving people of Ireland.Drawn from the original public domain account by Captain
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Personal Reminiscences: Rambling Recollections Connected with China

by Robert Bennet Forbes ...

"Forbes was in China at the outbreak of the English opium war ... the style of these 'Reminiscences' bears evidence that Mr. Forbes's achievements have been those of the man of action." - The Nation, 1878In 1841 Forbes witnessed the Battle of Kowloon between the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire from aboard his rowboat.Robert Bennet Forbes (1804 –1889), was a sea captain, China merchant, ship ... Read more

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"Forbes was in China at the outbreak of the English opium war ... the style of these 'Reminiscences' bears evidence that Mr. Forbes's achievements have been those of the man of action." - The Nation, 1878In 1841 Forbes witnessed the Battle of Kowloon between the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire from aboard his rowboat.Robert Bennet Forbes (1804 –1889), was a sea captain, China merchant, ship
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The Kidnapped Prince

The Life of Olaudah Equiano

by Ann Cameron ...

Kidnapped at the age of 11 from his home in Benin, Africa, Olaudah Equiano spent the next 11 years as a slave in England, the U.S., and the West Indies, until he was able to buy his freedom. His autobiography, published in 1789, was a bestseller in its own time. Cameron has modernized and shortened it while remaining true to the spirit of the original. It's a gripping story of adventure, betrayal, ... Read more

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Kidnapped at the age of 11 from his home in Benin, Africa, Olaudah Equiano spent the next 11 years as a slave in England, the U.S., and the West Indies, until he was able to buy his freedom. His autobiography, published in 1789, was a bestseller in its own time. Cameron has modernized and shortened it while remaining true to the spirit of the original. It's a gripping story of adventure, betrayal,
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The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale

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The gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville’s Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick’s monumental history, In the Heart of the SeaIn 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was rammed by an angry sperm whale thousands of miles from home in the South Pacific. The Essex sank, leaving twenty crew members drifting in three small open boats for ninety days. ... Read more

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The gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville’s Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick’s monumental history, In the Heart of the SeaIn 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was rammed by an angry sperm whale thousands of miles from home in the South Pacific. The Essex sank, leaving twenty crew members drifting in three small open boats for ninety days.
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Ocean Life in the Old Sailing-Ship Days

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Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.Ocean Life in the Old Sailing-Ship Days is an account of a famous New England Sailor's adventures. ... Read more

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Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.Ocean Life in the Old Sailing-Ship Days is an account of a famous New England Sailor's adventures.
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Old Ironsides (Mobi Classics)

by James Fenimore Cooper ...

IN the course of the events connected with the naval history and the naval glory of the country, this ship has become so renowned by her services and her success as to be entitled to have her biography written, as well as those who have gained distinction on her deck. Half a century has endeared her to the nation, and her career may be said to be coexistent, as well as coequal in fame, with that ... Read more

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IN the course of the events connected with the naval history and the naval glory of the country, this ship has become so renowned by her services and her success as to be entitled to have her biography written, as well as those who have gained distinction on her deck. Half a century has endeared her to the nation, and her career may be said to be coexistent, as well as coequal in fame, with that
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THE PIRATES OWN BOOK (Illustrated) (Annotated)

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by Charles Ellms, Talia Loxcroft ...

The Pirates Own Book (Illustrated) is a vivid nineteenth-century compendium of maritime outlawry, gathering sensational narratives of buccaneers, privateers, mutineers, and sea robbers into a form at once documentary and theatrical. Its prose belongs to the popular literature of crime and adventure: brisk, moralizing, richly anecdotal, and heightened by illustrations that transform historical ... Read more

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The Pirates Own Book (Illustrated) is a vivid nineteenth-century compendium of maritime outlawry, gathering sensational narratives of buccaneers, privateers, mutineers, and sea robbers into a form at once documentary and theatrical. Its prose belongs to the popular literature of crime and adventure: brisk, moralizing, richly anecdotal, and heightened by illustrations that transform historical
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A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Ship Globe

by William Lay, Cyrus M. Hussey ...

A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, ON BOARD THE SHIP GLOBE, OF NANTUCKET, IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, Jan. 1824 AND THE JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS ON THE MULGRAVE ISLANDS; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS. BY WILLIAM LAY, OF SAYBROOK, CONN. AND CYRUS M. HUSSEY, OF NANTUCKET: The only Survivors from the Massacre of the Ship’s Company by the Natives.This edition features a ... Read more

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A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, ON BOARD THE SHIP GLOBE, OF NANTUCKET, IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, Jan. 1824 AND THE JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS ON THE MULGRAVE ISLANDS; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS. BY WILLIAM LAY, OF SAYBROOK, CONN. AND CYRUS M. HUSSEY, OF NANTUCKET: The only Survivors from the Massacre of the Ship’s Company by the Natives.This edition features a
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Two Years on the Alabama

by Arthur Sinclair ...

A vibrant portrait the famous Confederate cruiser whose record during the Civil War made her the most successful raider of all time. ... Read more

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A vibrant portrait the famous Confederate cruiser whose record during the Civil War made her the most successful raider of all time.
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Mutiny on the Globe

by Thomas Farel Heffernan ...

A bloody mutiny on a whaling journey, followed by an incredible tale of survival on land and sea.Samuel Comstock knew he was born to do some great thing, but his only legacy was a reign of terror. Two years out of Nantucket on a whaling voyage in 1824, he organized a mutiny and murdered the officers of the Globe. It was a premeditated act; in his sea chest Comstock carried the seeds, tools, and ... Read more

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A bloody mutiny on a whaling journey, followed by an incredible tale of survival on land and sea.Samuel Comstock knew he was born to do some great thing, but his only legacy was a reign of terror. Two years out of Nantucket on a whaling voyage in 1824, he organized a mutiny and murdered the officers of the Globe. It was a premeditated act; in his sea chest Comstock carried the seeds, tools, and
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Life of a Sailor

by Frederick Chamier ...

Series series Seafarers' Voices
Chamier was a Royal Navy officer, who like his exact contemporary Captain Marryat is best remembered for a series of naval novels. The Life of a Sailor was his first publication and is usually catalogued as fiction, which may be a tribute to Chamiers story-telling skills but it is wrong the book is an exact account of his naval career, with every personality, ship and event he describes ... Read more

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Chamier was a Royal Navy officer, who like his exact contemporary Captain Marryat is best remembered for a series of naval novels. The Life of a Sailor was his first publication and is usually catalogued as fiction, which may be a tribute to Chamiers story-telling skills but it is wrong the book is an exact account of his naval career, with every personality, ship and event he describes
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The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter, both volumes in a single file

by Raphael Semmes ...

First-hand account of naval action during the American Civil War. From the private journals an other papers of Commander R. Semmes, C.S.N. and other officers. The advertisement to the London edition begins: "The following account of the cruise of the two Confederate States steamers--Sumter and Alabama--is taken from the private journals and other papers of Captain Semmes. It has been found ... Read more

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First-hand account of naval action during the American Civil War. From the private journals an other papers of Commander R. Semmes, C.S.N. and other officers. The advertisement to the London edition begins: "The following account of the cruise of the two Confederate States steamers--Sumter and Alabama--is taken from the private journals and other papers of Captain Semmes. It has been found
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