Watson and the Shark, by John Singleton Copley, 1778.

Watson and the Shark, by John Singleton Copley, 1778. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

The Sea

Volume VI, Number 3 | summer 2013

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Sea Change

Lewis H. Lapham

Open Waters

Simon Winchester

A Winelike Sea

Caroline Alexander

Around Alone

Maggie Shipstead

Map

Water World

Miscellany

Joseph Conrad contemplates the Titanic.

Courbet paints a picture of the sea.

The Chinese pirate queen.

Tiberius’ clifftop in Capri.

Drowning with Keats.

Teddy Roosevelt’s courtship of Panama.

Shipbreaking in India.

Hart Crane goes overboard.

“Mr. Wilde Disappointed with Atlantic.”

The sea: the final frontier.

A deadly crossing.

Burial at sea.

Ukrainian dolphins.

An Act to Prohibit Shanghaiing in the United States.

Fish out of luck.

“Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.”

Building the Royal Navy.

Tsunami waves.

Voices In Time

Subtle Sea Musics

c. 1926 | Cape Cod

Castaway

1709 | Juan Fernández Islands

Last Swim

c. 1895 | Grand Isle, LA

On the Waterfront

1862 | London

Going Down With the Ship

1120 | English Channel

Infinite Solitude

1955 | Caribbean Sea

Epic Brag

1572 | Lisbon

Unconscious Desecration

1921 | New York City

Washed Ashore

690 | Naka

When the Levee Breaks

c. 2500 BC | Sumer

Trade Routes

1776 | London

Uncharted Waters

1943 | Bandol

Sinking Sun

1689 | Izumo Point

A Thousand Fearful Wrecks

c. 1477 | London

A Watery Funeral

1868 | Indian Ocean

Paradise Lost

1907 | London

Sex on the Beach

c. 150 | Samosata

Dark-Ship Diplomacy

1853 | Washington, DC

Monsters of the Deep

c. 1240 | Norway

The Curious Sensation of Drowning

1892 | Strait of Formosa

Securing the Hatches

1929 | Caribbean Sea

The Good Life

1855 | Nantucket, MA

Survival of the Fittest

c. 150 | Mediterranean Sea

Dead Reckoning

1914 | Antarctica

No Place of Habitation

1630 | Essex

Clearing the Decks

67 BC | Mediterranean Sea

The Accursed Trade

1759 | Atlantic Ocean

Committed to Davy Jones’ Locker

1834 | Pacific Ocean

Limit of Discovery

1775 | Southern Ocean

Wonderful Complaints

1503 | Jamaica

Boat-Shaped Mind

1941 | Sea of Cortez

Light Surf on Level Sand

1798 | London

No Such Thing as Being Warm

1774 | Firth of Forth

Our Seaworthy Captain

1872 | South Pacific Ocean

The Tormented Sea

c. 1835 | Cape of Good Hope

Jumping Ship

1912 | Atlantic Ocean

Between the Devil and the Deep-Blue Sea

c. 1185 BC | Strait of Messina

A Grand and Awful Scene

1812 | Atlantic Ocean

Liquid Eternity

c. 1856 | Louisiana

Sea Chantey

1861 | Oxford

Accurate Forecasting

1914 | Panama

Man’s Best Friend

77 | Rome

Vision of Beatitude

1912 | Connecticut

Taking Stock

1812 | Atlantic Ocean

On Vacation

1851 | Broadstairs

Gazing into Eternity

1995 | Suffolk

Love of the Sea

c. 1880 | London

The Sea Is English

1878 | Edinburgh

Out of Soundings

1923 | New York City

Charts and Graphs

Kidnapped!

Seaworthy Vessels

Bills of Lading

Deep Sea

Explorers and Adventurers

Talking Like a Sailor

Mutinous Tides

If by Sea

Contributors

Conversations

Benjamin Franklin & Charlotte Brontë

Virgil & Guy de Maupassant

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel & John Fowles

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