100.244 Shipwreck and Empire
Professor A.J.R. Russell-Wood.

Readings:

The voyage of Francois Pyrard [Corbin, Maldives, 1601]

Sources:

Purchas, Samuel, Purchas his pilgrims. 1614.

Churchill's A collection of voyages.  1745.  vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4.

Shipwreck Accounts [Chronological]

Hakluyt, The principal navigations [Delight, south of Newfoundland & Squirrell, north of the Azores, 1583]

The voyage of Francois Pyrard [Corbin, Maldives, 1601] - see above under Readings

Purchas his pilgrims [Sea Venture, Bermudas, 1610] [Gates account]

Madagascar or Robert Drury's Journal. 1731. [Degrave, Off Madagascar, 1701]

Dean, John, A narrative of the sufferings, preservation and deliverance... 1711. [Nottingham, Off the coast of Maine, 1710]

Adams, Modern Voyages [Wager, Gulf of Penas off Chile, 1741]

Young, John, An affecting narrative of the unfortunate voyage and catastrophe of HMS Wager.  1751.  [Wager, Gulf of Penas off Chile, 1741]

Plaistead, Bartholomew, A journal from Calcutta in Bengal... 1758. [Doddington, Off East Africa, 1755]

Hubberley, William, An appendix to Mr. Dalrymple's account of the loss of the Grovsenor... 1786. [Grosvenor, Off the coast of Africa, 1782]

Keate, George, An account of the Pellew Islands... 1788. [Antelope, Pelew Islands, 1783]

Mackay, William, A narrative of the shipwreck of the Juno... 1798. [Juno, Aracan, 1795]

Finding Your Own Shipwreck:

In the Horizon Online Catalog:

Alphabetical search by Subject:

Known Ship: e.g., Essex [whale ship]

Known Heading: e.g., shipwrecks in art

Keyword Search:

Combined Keywords: e.g., shipwrecks and underwater archaeology

In the Full Text Databases:

Search by Keyword (use name of ship; searching both terms ship wreck and shipwreck is useful) in one of these databases: