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The Press and Other Forms of Recruitment in Aubrey’s Royal Navy

April 30, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

“The press brings in all sorts.” – Captain Jack Aubrey, Master and Commander England’s sailors, while the first line of defense for the small island nation, were notorious for being the dregs of English society. At the […]

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The Bounty Adventure Pt. 2/6: England to the Cape of Good Hope

April 28, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Text from Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas: A Companion to the Bounty Adventure by Sven Wahlroos. After long delays, first because of the Admiralty’s tardiness in sending Bligh his sailing orders and then because of […]

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03.17.1800 Explosion of the HMS Queen Charlotte

April 27, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

“A sad business,” said Jack shaking his head. “Yes,” said James Dillon, looking into vacancy and seeing a leaping spring of fire in the still air, a first-rate ablaze from truck to waterline, with eight […]

01. Master and Commander

Master and Commander Discussion Questions Ch. 3

April 27, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Upon first starting this website I also started something I called The Aubreyad Press Gang to do a group read of the series. We got through the first and second novels before the project fell […]

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Admiral Lord Nelson: Resources and Information

April 27, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Admiral Lord Nelson was Jack Aubrey’s personal hero for a very good reason. Bold, ambitious and creative, he was a master tactician and helped win some of the greatest battles of the Napoleonic War. The […]

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The Bounty Adventure Pt. 1/6: HMS Bounty

April 27, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Rear Admiral William Bligh was a notorious figure well-known (by reputation) to Captain Jack Aubrey. Jack himself praises the man’s navigational skills in our beloved series, and laments his bad luck in being the victim […]

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The Life of Rear Admiral William Bligh

April 26, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

The Bligh family were resident in the parish of St. Tudy from at least 1680 and a John Bligh (or Blygh) of Bodmin was a commissioner for the suppression of monasteries in the reign of […]

Sailing Techniques

Longitude Pt. 2: The English Attack

April 25, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

While the Académie Royale des Sciences had finally solved the problem of longitude by land, there was still no way to find longitude by sea, which was vital for trading ships and naval dominance. The […]

Sailing Techniques

Longitude Pt. 1: The Academie Royale

April 24, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

For much of history, mankind has been preoccupied with how exactly we might determine where we are in the world at any given moment. Obviously, for sailors, this question has an even greater importance. Ancient […]

01. Master and Commander

Master and Commander Discussion Questions Ch. 2

April 23, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Upon first starting this website I also started something I called The Aubreyad Press Gang to do a group read of the series. We got through the first and second novels before the project fell […]

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