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Index
Cover
Landing Page
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: Of Islands and Englishmen
2: Spanish Lakes and English Dreams
3: Pirates and Freebooters
4: ‘The Absolute Monarch of the Island’
5: The Magical Island of Daniel Defoe
6: Shelvocke’s Sojourn
7: George Anson’s Voyage
8: The Magical Island
9: Making Juan Fernández English
10: Making Books
11: Closing the Stable Door
12: Mastering the Pacific
13: Scurvy Resolved
14: Distant Despair
15: Whaling and the South Pacific
16: The End of an Era
17: Imaginary Voyages
18: An American South Pacific
19: A Literature of Defeat: Reconstructing the Loss of the USS Essex
20: Sea Stories
21: Poet of the Pacific
22: A British Base in the Pacific
23: The Admiral’s Picnic
24: Occupation, Possession, Ownership and Title
25: Settlers
26: The Battle of Cumberland Bay
27: From the Challenger to the Admiralty Handbook
28: Making Robinson’s Island
29: Islands, Nations and Continents
30: Another Tragedy
Bibliography
Index
A, B, C
D, E, F
G, H, I
J, K, L
M, N, O
P, Q, R
S, T, U
V, W, X
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