blackberries, 1, 2
Blane, Gilbert, 1, 2
Bligh, William, 1
Blonde (HMS), 1
Blossom (HMS), 1
Board of Trade, 1, 2, 3, 4
book trade, 1, 2, 3, 4; see also publishers
Boston (US), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Botany Bay (Australia), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
botany expeditions, 1, 2, 3, 4
Bougainville, Louis de, 1, 2
Bounty, 1, 2, 3
Bourbons, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Boyle, Robert, 1
Brazil, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
breadmaking, 1, 2
Brett, Piercy, 1, 2
Britain: Act of Union 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; and European identity, 1;
and former American colonies, 1;
and France, see under France; insularity of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
national debt of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and Spain, see under Spain; and trade, see trade;
weakness of, 1, 2;
wool industry in, 1;
see also England; Scotland
Britannia (whaleship), 1
British Columbia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
British Empire, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and colonisation, 1;
in First World War, 1, 2;
and islands, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and scientific expeditions, 1, 2
Britishness, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and Crusoe, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
and European identity, 1;
and islands, 1;
see also English identity; maritime world view
Briton (HMS), 1, 2
Brown, Lancelot ‘Capability’, 1, 2
Browne, John Ross, 1, 2
Bruce, James/Bruce, Mayme, 1
Brum, Blanca Luz, 1
buccaneer tales, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; castaways in, 1;
collectors of, 1;
as national obsession, 1;
and voyage literature, 1
Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1
Burchett, Josiah, 1
buried treasure myth, 1, 2, 3
Byron, Captain Lord (Blonde), 1
Byron, John ‘Foul Weather Jack’ (Wager), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Byzantium, 1
cabbage trees (Juania australis), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
calenture, 1
California, 1, 2, 3; Gold Rush in, 1, 2, 3
Caligari film expedition (2010), 1, 2, 3
Callao (Peru), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; British in, 1;
coastal defences of, 1;
destroyed by tidal wave, 1
Campbell, John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Campbell, Lord George, 1
Canada, 1, 2, 3, 4
cannibalism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; by sailors, 1, 2, 3
Canton (American merchant ship), 1
Cape Town (South Africa), 1
Cape Verde, 1
Caradoc (HMS), 1
Caribbean, 1, 2, 3, 4; Crusoe’s island in, 1;
piracy in, 1
Carpathian, 1
Carroza, Manuel, 1, 2
Carteret, Philip, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Carthaginians, 1
Carvarjal (Spanish Chief Minister), 1
‘Cast-away, The’ (Cowper), 1
castaways, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; in buccaneer tales, 1;
deliberate, 1, 2;
diet of, 1, 2, 3;
and religious experience, 1;
see also, Selkirk, Alexander
Catholic Church, 1
cats, 1, 2
cattle, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; and ecological devastation, 1, 2;
wild, 1
Cavendish, Thomas, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Centurion (HMS), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; cleaning/repair of, 1;
figurehead of, 1;
filth/disease
on, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
see also Anson expedition
cetaceans, see whales; whaling
Challenger expedition, 1, 2, 3
charcoal production, 1, 2, 3, 4
Charles and Henry (whaleship), 1
Charles II, 1, 2, 3
Chase, Owen, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Chatham, 1
Chatham, Lord, 1
Cheap, David (Wager), 1, 2, 3
Cherub (HMS), 1
Chetwood, William, 1
Chile, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; British trade with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
Civil War in, 1;
conquistadores in, 1;
earthquake in (1751), 1;
English in, 1, 2, 3, 4;
in First World War, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
forestry commission of (CONAF), 1, 2, 3;
German community in, 1, 2;
independence struggle in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
Más a Tierra claimed by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
Navy of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
war with Peru, 1;
war with Spain, 1
Chiloe, 1, 2
China, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Christianity, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
chronometers, 1, 2
Churchill, Awnsham/John (booksellers), 1
Cinque Ports Galley (privateer), 1, 2
Clark, William, 1
Clarke, Thurston, 1, 2
Clio (HMS), 1
Clipperton, Captain John (Success), 1
coal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
coati, 1
Cochrane, Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4(n12)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1, 2, 3, 4(n4)
Colley, Linda, 1, 2
Collingwood expedition, 1; and Chilean inhabitants, 1, 2, 3;
Goodenough’s accident, 1;
onboard library, 1
Colnett, Captain James (Rattler), 1, 2, 3, 4
colonialism, 1, 2, see also British Empire; Spanish Empire
colonialist writing, 1
Columbia, 1
Columbus, Christopher, 1, 2
communications, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
CONAF (Corporación Nacional Forestal), 1, 2
Concepción (Chile), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Connor, David, 1
conquistadores, 1
Conrad, Joseph, 1
Constellation (USS), 1
convicts, see penal colonies
Cook, Captain James, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9(n4); exploration of Pacific by, 1, 2;
and scurvy, 1;
second voyage of, 1, 2
Cook, Captain John (Batchelor’s Delight), 1
Cooke, Captain Edward (Duchess), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1, 2, 3
copper, 1, 2
Coronel (Chile), 1, 2, 3
Costa Rica, 1
Cowley, Ambrose, 1
Cowper, William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Cradock, Admiral Sir Christopher, 1, 2
crayfish, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; industry, 1, 2
Critias (Plato), 1
Crowell, William, 1
cruise ships, 1, 2, 3
Crusoe, Robinson, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; as Anglo-German/George, I 1, 2, 3, 4;
and Anson’s expedition, 1;
and Britishness, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
cave/castle of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and colonialism, 1, 2;
influence of, 1;
as romantic hero, 1;
and Selkirk, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Crusoiana (Sutcliffe), 1
Cumberland Bay (Más a Tierra), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Adventure in, 1;
battle of (1915), 1, 2;
Caradoc in, 1;
Challenger in, 1, 2;
Collingwood in, 1;
cruise ships in, 1;
gun emplacements in, 1;
gun exercises in, 1, 2;
Pilgrim in, 1;
radio station in, 1;
Rappahannock in, 1;
ships seized by Spanish in, 1, 2;
Spanish garrison at, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
surveys/maps/illustrations of, 1, 2, 3, 4;
tourism in, 1
Curtiss, Admiral Sir Roger, 1, 2
Cyrus (whaleship), 1
Dalrymple, John, 1, 2
Dampier, Robert, 1
Dampier, William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; attacks on, 1, 2;
bungled missions of, 1, 2, 3;
as character in fiction, 1;
description of Más a Tierra, 1;
narrative of, see New Voyage Round the World;
popularity of, 1;
and Selkirk, 1
Dana, Richard Henry Jr, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Darwin, Charles, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Darwin, Erasmus, 1
Dauphine (American whaleship), 1
de Rodt, Alfred, 1, 2, 3, 4
Dee, John, 1, 2
Defoe, Daniel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; as advocate for colonisation, 1, 2, 3;
book collection of, 1, 2;
King of Pirates, 1;
literary skill of, 1, 2, 3;
and Moll’s chart, 1;
New Voyage Round the World, 1;
non-fiction writings of, 1, 2;
as promoter of trade/commerce, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
as South Seas expert, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
on Spanish aggression, 1
deforestation, 1, 2, 3, 4
Delano, Amasa, 1, 2
des Brosses, Charles, 1, 2
Dickerson, Wiley Rogers (Rappahannock), 1
Dickson, Henry Newton, 1
diplomacy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Discovery, 1
disease, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; see also scurvy
dogs, wild, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Dolphin (HMS), 1, 2
Dolphin (USS), 1
dolphins, 1, 2
Douglas, David, 1
Dover, Thomas, 1
Drake, Francis, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Dresden, 1, 2, 3; sinking of, 1, 2, 3, 4
Duchess, 1, 2
Ducie Island, 1, 2
Duke, 1, 2
D’Urville, Captain Dumot, 1
Dutch East India Company, 1
Dutch exploration, 1, 2, 3, 4
earthquakes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; see also, tsunamis/tidal waves
East India Company, 1, 2
Easter Island, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; as National Park, 1
Eaton, Captain John, 1, 2
Ecuador, 1, 2
Eden, see Paradise/Eden
Eimeo, 1
El Dorado, 1
El Yunque (Más a Tierra), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
elephant seals, 1, 2; cruelty to, 1, 2;
extinct on Más a Tierra, 1;
as food, 1;
oil from, 1
Eliza (sealing ship), 1
Emilia (whaleship), 1
empire, 1, 2, 3(n10); see also British empire; Spanish Empire
Enderby, Samuel, 1, 2, 3
Enderby’s Cove (Más Afuera), 1
England: Commonwealth, 1; emergence as global power, 1;
and France, see under France;
insularity of, 1, 2, 3, 4;
as maritime power see seapower, British;
maritime world view of, 1, 2;
and Spain, see under Spain; Stuart period, see Stuart England; Tudor period, see Tudor England; weakness of 1, 2, 3
English Channel, 1
English identity: and islands, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
maritime world view, 1, 2, 3, 4; see also Britishness
Englishman, The (journal) 1
Enlightenment, 1, 2
Entick, John, 1, 2, 3
Essex (American whaleship), 1, 2, 3, 4
Essex (USS), 1, 2, 3, 4
European Union, 1, 2
exploration, 1, 2; and Royal Society, 1;
and search for knowledge, 1;
and Spanish Empire, 1
Exquemelin, Alexandre, 1, 2, 3
Falkland Islands, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; conflict in (1982), 1, 2;
in First World War, 1, 2;
strategic importance of, 1, 2
Falkland Islands Crisis (1770), 1
Fanning, Captain Edmund (Betsey), 1
Ferdinand VI, 1, 2, 3
Fernández, Juan, 1, 2; discovery of island by, 1
Fiji, 1
Finisterre, Cape, 1
First World War, 1, 2, 3, 4; Anglo-Chilean relations in, 1, 2
fish/fishing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; cooking, 1, 2;
over- 1;
preserved, 1;
profusion of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Fisher, Admiral Lord, 1
Fishery Act (1788), 1
Fitzroy, Captain Robert (Beagle), 1, 2, 3
Floridablanca, Count, 1
Folger, Matthew, 1, 2
Foreign Office, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Formosa, 1
Four Years in the Pacific (Walpole), 1
France, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; national feeling in, 1;
Pacific territories in, 1, 2;
and pirates, 1, 2;
and Seven Years’ War, 1;
Tahiti seized by, 1, 2;
voyagers from, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
war with Britain (1745–48), 1;
war with England/Spain (1688–97), 1;
and War of Spanish Succession, 1
Franco, Captain, 1
Franklin, John, 1, 2, 3
Frederick the Great, 1
Friday, Man, 1, 2; model for, 1, 2(n13)
fruit trees, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Funnell, William, 1, 2, 3
Galápagos Islands, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Gamero, Captain Benjamin Munoz, 1
gardens/gardening, 1, 2, 3, 4
geology, 1, 2
George I, 1, 2
George III, 1; maritime world view of, 1
‘German Crusoe’ (Hugo Wever), 1, 2, 3
Germany, 1, 2, 3; in First World War, 1, 2, 3;
impact of Robinson Crusoe in, 1;
pirate literature in 1
Gibraltar, 1, 2, 3
Gladstone, William, 1, 2
Glasgow, 1
Glorious Revolution (1688), 1
Gloucester (HMS), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
goats, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; ears slit by Selkirk, 1, 2, 3, 4;
and environmental destruction, 1, 2;
hunting, 1;
on Más Afuera, 1;
as pets, 1;
and wild dogs, 1, 2
Godfrey, Admiral John, 1
Godfrey, John, 1
gold, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; see also under California
Golden Rocket, 1, 2
Golding, William, 1
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1
Good Hope, Cape of, 1, 2, 3
Good Hope (HMS), 1
Goodenough, James Graham, 1, 2
Graham, Maria, 1, 2
Gray, Captain Robert (Columbia/Lady Washington), 1, 2
Greenland, 1, 2
Grenville, George, 1
guano, 1, 2
Gulliver’s Travels (Swift), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; and Melville, 1, 2
Gunnera chilensis, 1
Hack, William, 1
Hakluyt, Richard, 1, 2, 3, 4
Halifax, Earl of, 1, 2
Hall, Admiral Reginald ‘Blinker’, 1
Hall, Captain Basil, 1, 2
Halley, Edmund, 1
Halliburton, Richard, 1
Hanwell, Captain (William & Ann), 1, 2
Harley, Robert, 1, 2
Harris, John, 1, 2, 3
Haswell, Robert, 1
Hatley, Simon, 1
Havana (Cuba), 1
Hawaii, 1, 2, 3, 4
Hawkesworth, John, 1, 2, 3
Hawkins, Richard, 1, 2, 3
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1
Henry VII, 1, 2
Herodotus, 1
Higgins, Don Thomas, 1
Hillyar, James (Phoebe), 1
Hobbes, Thomas, 1
hogs, wild, 1
Holland, 1; literature published in, 1, 2;
maritime culture of, 1;
and Spain, 1;
voyagers from, 1, 2, 3, 4
> Hood, Lord, 1
Hooker, William, 1, 2
Horn, Cape, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; survey of, 1
horses, 1
Horseshoe Bay/Bahía del Padre (Más a Tierra), 1, 2
Hudson’s Bay Company, 1
humanism, 1, 2, 3
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1, 2
Humboldt Current, 1, 2, 3
hummingbirds, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hundred Years War, 1
Hutchinson, Henry, 1
Incas, 1
India, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Indian, 1
Indian Ocean, 1, 2
indigenous people, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; in sexual encounters with sailors, 1, 2
industrialisation, 1
Inflexible, 1
intelligence, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; in First World War, 1, 2
investors/brokers, 1, 2, 3
Invincible, 1
Ireland, 1, 2
Irisarri, Jose de, 1
Irving, Washington, 1, 2, 3
Isla de la Plata, 1
island writing, 1, 2, 3, 4; Dutch, 1;
magical/mythic elements in, 1, 2;
and Robinson Crusoe, 1
islands, 1, 2; British identification with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
fragile ecosystems of, 1;
and legislation, 1;
and Spanish Empire, 1
Islomania (Clarke), 1
isolation, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Jackson, Andrew, 1
Jacobite uprising, 1, 2
James I, 1
Janequeo (Chilean brig), 1
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