Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project

44% Progress for The Fortune of War (1979)...

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:23:26 GMT

Overall Progress: 31% Progress for The Fortune of War (1979): 44% Points Mapped: 5027 Quotes: 705 Images: 121

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Voyage of the Leopard from The Fortune of War Complete

Wed, 2 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The voyage of Jack Aubrey in command of the HMS Leopard described at the begining of The Fortune of War is mapped. This course was mostly guesswork based on retrospective comments made after the Leopard reaches Palau Batang (an almost certainly fictional port in the Dutch East Indies). Thanks mostly to Jaap from the Gunroom for his take on the course of the Leopard.

Voyage of the Leopard from Desolation Island complete

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The voyage of Jack Aubrey in command of the HMS Leopard is mapped. Mapping The Horrible Old Leopard's disastrous voyage to the colonies was a breath of fresh air after the complexity of The Mauritius Command. I have probably taken the most license with this map, trying to approximate the movements of the Leopard after she encounters the Waakzaamheid in the south Atlantic (my favorite part of the cannon). I apologise if my lubberly interpretation of events is inaccurate and welcome any suggestions or corrections.

Voyage of the Boadicea from The Mauritius Command complete

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The voyage of Commodore Jack Aubrey in command of the HMS Boadicea is mapped. The end of this map marks the completion of The Mauritius Command, which has certainly been the most challenging book to map. Patrick O'Brian's attention and level of detail, drawing from Josias Rowley's Mauritius Campaign in 1810, is a wonder to behold. The complexity of course lines circling Mauritus, Reunion and Rodriguez is evidence of his achievement. As always, I would welcome any comments or suggestions at admin@cannonade.net.

Voyage of the Raisonable from The Mauritius Command complete

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The voyage of Commodore Jack Aubrey in command of the aging HMS Raisonable is mapped. This map presented considerable and frequent dilemas, but I hope wherever possible I have stayed true to the cannon. For these maps around the islands, I had to rely on a fair amount of guesswork when choosing the course, but hopefully my guesses are at least plausible. As always, I would welcome any comments or suggestions at admin@cannonade.net.

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Voyage of the Surprise from HMS Surprise complete

Tue, 3 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The ultimately unsatisified errand to the East Indies and Jack's first voyage as captain of the HMS Surprise is now mapped. This voyage was a difficult one with a great deal of agonizing over the course of the ship from Rio round the cape, the path around Madagascar and the position of Venus and it's signficance for Testudo Aubreii (amongst others). As always, if you have any suggestions on these or any other points, please contact me at admin@cannonade.net.

Voyage of the Lively from HMS Surprise complete

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The voyage describing Jack's final days as temporary captain of the HMS Lively are now mapped in as much detail as could be gleaned. This includes the raid at Port Vendre and the landfall at Minorca to rendevous with Stephen. Most of the places referenced in the description of Stephen's rescue were fictional so they couldn't be included in the map. Would love to hear from you if there are any real locations I missed.

Voyage of the Lively from Post Captain complete

Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The voyage describing Jack's temporary command of the HMS Lively up untill the capture of the Spanish treasure fleet is now mapped. There were lots of useful references in this part of the book so I think the locations for this voyage are mostly accurate.

Voyage of the Polychrest complete

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The voyage of the Polychrest is a bit scetchy, sometimes because the locations referenced were fictional and sometimes because the exact places that Jack took the sloop were not described ...

She went very gently, with a sigh of air rushing through the hatches, and settled on the bottom, the tips of her broken masts showing a foot above the surface.

Voyage of the Sophie complete

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The first of the maps for the Patrick O'Brian series that I have built. There are some locations that I have had to guess (and have so marked), but mostly the descriptions gave very accurate reference points and sometimes the exact longitude and latitude. The only big mystery from this book is the location of Stephen's watering place on the Spanish coast.