{"product_id":"9781921936760","title":"Greatest Voyages. Murder, Mutiny amp; Mahem.","description":"THRILLING NARRATIVES OF MUTINY, MURDER AND PIRACY\u003cbr\u003eTales of Shipwreck and Disaster, with accounts of Providential Escapes and heart-rending fatalities.\u003cp\u003eShipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience. It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret. It is one against which there is the least resource, where patience, fortitude and ingenuity are in most cases, unavailing, except to protract a struggle with destiny, which, at length, proves irresistible.\u003cbr\u003eBut amidst the myriads unceasingly swallowed up by the deep, it is not by the numbers that we are to judge of the miseries endured. Hundreds may at once meet an instantaneous fate, hardly conscious of its approach, while a few individuals may linger out existence, daily in hope of succor, and at length be compelled to the horrible alternative of preying on each other for the support of life. Neither is it by the Narratives about to be given that we are to calculate on the frequency of shipwreck. It is an event that has been of constant occurrence since a period long anterior to what the earliest records can reach. In England it is calculated that about 5000 natives of the British Isles yearly perish at sea.\u003cbr\u003eThis perpetual exposure to peril, however, materially contributes to the formation of character, and hence are sailors preeminently distinguished by courage, endurance, and ready invention. Habituated to the instability of the ocean, they make little account of danger, and are invariably the first in matters of the most daring enterprise. Incessantly subjected to toil, they labor long and patiently without murmur, and the prompt and vigorous measures which are indispensable to their security, teach them the immediate application of whatever means are within their power.\u003cbr\u003eA natural desire to know the fate of their fellow creatures seems implanted in the breast of mankind, and the most powerful sympathies are excited by listening to the misfortunes of the innocent. To record some impressive examples of calamity, or unlooked for deliverance, is the object of these pages; and it will be seen of what astonishing advantage are the virtues of decision, temperance, perseverance and unwavering hope in moments of extreme peril and despair\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdventures of Capt. Woodward and Five Seamen in the island of Celebes,\u003cbr\u003eAn Occurrence at sea,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of H. B. M ship Phœnix, off Cuba,\u003cbr\u003eAn account of the Whale Fishery, with anecdotes.\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the Brig Tyrrel,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the Peggy,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of H. B. M. ship Litchfield,\u003cbr\u003eWreck of the Rothsay Castle Steamer,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the French ship Droits de L'Homme,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of H. B. M. ship Queen Charlotte,\u003cbr\u003eA Scene on the Atlantic Ocean,\u003cbr\u003eWreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the Royal George,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the Æneas, transport,\u003cbr\u003eThe Absent Ship,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the Halsewell, East Indiaman,\u003cbr\u003eAn account of Four Russians, abandoned on the Island of East Spitzbergen,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the Amphitrite, Female Convict Ship,\u003cbr\u003eThe Mutineers, a Tale of the Sea,\u003cbr\u003eFate of Seven Sailors, left on the island of St. Maurice,\u003cbr\u003eSeamen wintering in Spitzbergen,\u003cbr\u003eA Man Overboard,\u003cbr\u003eAn Escape through the Cabin-Windows,\u003cbr\u003eTom Cringle's Log,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the Nautilus, Sloop of War,\u003cbr\u003eWreck of a Slave Ship,\u003cbr\u003eThe Wrecked Seamen,\u003cbr\u003eAdventures of Philip Ashton,\u003cbr\u003eExplosion of H. B. M. ship Amphion,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of H. B. M. ship La Tribune,\u003cbr\u003eBurning of the Prince, a French East Indiaman,\u003cbr\u003eWreck of the Schooner Betsey,\u003cbr\u003eEarly American Heroism,\u003cbr\u003eFingal's Cave,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of H. B. M. ship Ramillies,\u003cbr\u003ePreservation of Nine Seamen,\u003cbr\u003eCapt. Ross's Expedition,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the Catharine, Venus, and Piedmont, transports, and three Merchant Ships,\u003cbr\u003eWreck of the Ship Sidney,\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the Duke William, transport,\u003cbr\u003eCommodore Barney,\u003cbr\u003eNaval Battles of the United States,\u003cbr\u003eAddress to the Ocean,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043942416624,"sku":"9781921936760","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921936760_p0.jpg?v=1763633002","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921936760","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}