Synopsis A geographical guide to the popular Aubrey-Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian. Each novel is covered in its own chapter, with maps identifying routes, ports of call, battles, crossings, and storms, and including a comprehensive index, land maps, period maps, and illustrations.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-06-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 160 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 7.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 17.6 oz |
Publisher's Note The creators of A Sea of Words now follow up with Harbors and High Seas, an invaluable tool for navigating the often uncharted terrain of the Aubrey-Maturin novels. For each novel in the series, renowned naval cartographer William Clipson has created maps depicting the routes of voyages taken and locating the sites of major battles, storms, landings, crossings, and other events. Locations of major importance are further described throughout the text. Additional original maps are devoted to London and the British Isles, the political landscape during the Napoleonic Wars, and important wind patterns and currents. Period maps and illustrations are accompanied by descriptive captions from The Naval Chronicle, revealing what Jack Aubrey himself might have been reading at the time.
Industry Reviews "For the most linear and absorbed readers, journalist Dean King and a team of experts offer [this] companion, which carefully maps and illustrates the oceans, ports, islands and actions, book by book, of volumes 1 through 17 of the Aubrey-Maturin series." Los Angeles Times Book Review - John Balzar (10/20/1996)
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