The Shining Sea (59 page)

       
Spain and,
71
,
82
,
104
,
107
,
108
,
112
,
165
,
168

       
whaling and,
119–125
,
129–133
,
136–138
,
140–144
,
147–149
,
153–155
,
162
,
168
,
169–170

       
See also
Royal Navy

Brown, Mary,
277

Browne, Thomas,
227

Brudenell, William,
258

Buenos Aires (Argentina),
226
,
244

       
Britain and,
74
,
112
,
164

       
in early months of War of 1812,
76
,
82

       
Madison (James) and,
111

       
Poinsett and,
112–113

       
Spain and,
106

Byron, Richard,
71

Caddington, Peter,
258–259

Call, William,
232
,
242

Calleo (Peruvian port),
122–123
,
124
,
130

Canada,
ix
,
x
,
10
,
13
,
78–79
,
113
,
151
,
265

Canadian Northwest Company,
165

Cape Frio,
15
,
73
,
74
,
78

Cape Horn,
87–92
,
96

Cape Verde Islands,
58–59
,
66–68
,
69
,
241

Caribbean,
104
,
134
,
174
,
176
,
274–276

Carrasco, Francisco Antonio,
104–105
,
106

Carrera, José Miguel,
106
,
108
,
218
,
244

       
Lastra and,
109

       
Poinsett and,
113
,
114

       
Porter (David, Jr.) and,
116

Carrera, Luis,
116
,
218

Carron Iron Company,
48

Carronades,
47–49
,
51
,
54
,
58
,
85

Castlereagh, Lord,
ix–x
,
265

Catharine
(whaling ship),
147
,
150
,
164

Chads, Henry,
77

Charles
(U.S. whaling ship),
119–120
,
122

Charles IV, King,
103
,
105

Charleston Navy Yard (Boston),
269
,
274

Charlton
(British whaling ship),
154

Chauncey, Isaac,
22
,
41

Chesapeake-Leopard
case,
37–38

Chile

       
after War of 1812,
267
,
277

       
Downes and,
164

       
Hillyar and,
243–244
,
272

       
Poinsett in,
113

       
politics in,
98
,
102–108
,
109
,
113
,
114
,
218
,
228
,
244–245

       
whaling and,
122
,
129
,
130
,
144

       
See also
Concepción (Chile)
;
Coquimbo (Chilean port)
;
Valparaiso (Chile)

China,
52
,
169
,
210

Christian, Fletcher,
173

Civil War,
18
,
39
,
269
,
270–272

Claiborne, William,
39

Clapp, Benjamin,
213
,
257
,
258
,
259
,
261

Clarke, William,
75

Cleanliness,
62–63
,
64

Cochrane, Admiral,
253

Cochrane, Thomas (British captain),
267
,
277

Coffin, Isaac,
256

Colnett, James,
128–129
,
130
,
133

Colt
(privateer ship),
102
,
122

Columbia
(ship),
168

Comet
(whaling ship),
157

Concepción (Chile),
85
,
100
,
108
,
109
,
139
,
141

Conover, Thomas,
71

Continental Navy,
11
,
50

Convoy Act (1798),
58

Cook, James,
61
,
63–64
,
90
,
93
,
165

       
Colnett and,
128

       
Marquesas Islands and,
178
,
180
,
182
,
197

       
Pacific Northwest and,
168

Coquimbo (Chilean port),
120
,
121
,
122

Cowan, John S.,
123
,
138
,
158–159
,
161

Cowell (sailing master),
137

Cowell, John G.,
233
,
235–236

Creighton, John O.,
269–270

Crockloft Hall,
37

Crowninshield, Benjamin,
255
,
262
,
274

Da Silvia, Don Luis Maurice,
81

Dacres, James,
14

Darwin, Charles,
133
,
157

Dashiell, Richard,
148

Decatur, Stephen, Jr.,
14
,
15
,
118
,
242

       
after capture of
Essex
(during War of 1812),
252
,
253

       
after War of 1812,
266
,
267
,
269
,
274

       
at beginning of War of 1812,
41

       
in war with Tripoli,
23
,
33
,
34–35

Decatur, Stephen, Sr.,
xi
,
33

Democratic Press
,
44

Derby, Elias Hasket,
50
,
52

Detroit (battle at),
13

Deux Amis
(French ship),
21

D'Ghies, Sidi Mohammed,
32

Diseases,
61
,
63–65
,
90
,
197
.
See also
Scurvy

Dixon, Manley,
74
,
79
,
80

       
in early months of War of 1812,
76
,
78
,
82

       
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
114
,
131
,
144
,
166–167
,
168
,
223
,
243

Downes, John,
3
,
22
,
54

       
after capture of
Essex
(during War of 1812),
247–251

       
at end of/after War of 1812,
265
,
266–269
,
274

       
in early months of War of 1812,
56
,
67
,
72
,
73
,
81

       
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
95
,
102
,
120
,
124
,
128
,
132
,
135–139
,
145–149
,
151–154
,
161
,
163
,
169
,
181
,
186
,
192–194
,
202
,
210
,
216–217
,
219
,
226
,
231
,
236

       
returning home from Pacific,
264

Drake, Sir Francis,
98
,
145

Duckworth, Sir John T.,
6

Dueling,
158–159

Duncan, Andrew,
2–3

Dunn, Robert,
211

Emilia
(British whaling ship),
129

Empress of China
(ship),
52

Enderby & Sons (British whaling firm),
129

Endicott, Charles,
268

England.
See
Britain

Erving, John,
44–45

Essex County, Massachusetts,
49–51

Essex Junior
(formerly
Atlantic
whaling ship),
148
,
149
,
152–153
,
163–164
,
181
,
187

       
after capture of
Essex
(during War of 1812),
244
,
252
,
262
,
269

       
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
186
,
190
,
192
,
202
,
203
,
209–210
,
213
,
214
,
215
,
217
,
219–221
,
224
,
226
,
231
,
238
,
240–241
,
242
,
247–250

Estido
(Algerian ship),
266

Farragut, David Glasgow,
39–40
,
56

       
after capture of
Essex
(during War of 1812),
247

       
at beginning of War of 1812,
59

       
at end of/after War of 1812,
265
,
269–272

       
in Pacific (during War of 1812),
95
,
102
,
136
,
150
,
152–153
,
164
,
190
,
213
,
216
,
225
,
228–235
,
237–240

       
returning home from Pacific,
264

Farragut, Elizabeth,
39

Farragut, George,
xi
,
6
,
39–40

Farragut, James Glasgow.
See
Farragut, David Glasgow

Federal Navy,
51

Federalist Party,
11
,
14

Feltus, William,
137
,
149
,
190
,
213
,
257–258

Ferdinand VII (King of Spain),
82
,
103
,
105
,
107
,
108
,
218
,
244

Fernando de Noronha (island),
66
,
67
,
69
,
72–73

Finch, William B.,
62–63
,
71
,
72

First Regiment of Royal Scots infantrymen,
4–5

Florida,
110–111

Folger, Mayhew,
96

Folsom, Charles,
270

Formas, Francisco de,
218

Fort Erie, battle at (in Niagara area),
ix
,
253
,
265

Fort George,
168

Fort Madison,
200–201
,
209–210
,
213–214
,
255–259

Fox, Josiah,
54

France