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FOREWORD

PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

PREFACE

CHAPTER I His Early Years

CHAPTER II His Three Cruises

CHAPTER III He Resorts to the Pen

CHAPTER IV His Astronomical Work

CHAPTER V His Wind and Current Charts

CHAPTER VI His Physical Geography of the Sea

CHAPTER VII His Extra-Professional Interests

CHAPTER VIII His Treatment by the “Retiring Board”

CHAPTER IX Shadows of Coming Troubles

CHAPTER X As His Friends and Family Knew Him Before the War

CHAPTER XI His Part in the Civil War: In Virginia

CHAPTER XII His Part in the Civil War: In England

CHAPTER XIII With Maximilian in Mexico

CHAPTER XIV Reunited with His Family in England

CHAPTER XV His Last Years in Virginia

CHAPTER XVI His Posthumous Reputation

LIST OF LETTERS

INDEX

PILOT CHART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC

PILOT CHART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN