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

The sea: the final frontier.

Tsunami waves.

Tiberius’ clifftop in Capri.

The Chinese pirate queen.

Hart Crane goes overboard.

Joseph Conrad contemplates the Titanic.

Ukrainian dolphins.

A deadly crossing.

Teddy Roosevelt’s courtship of Panama.

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

“Mr. Wilde Disappointed with Atlantic.”

Courbet paints a picture of the sea.

Building the Royal Navy.

Fish out of luck.

Drowning with Keats.

An Act to Prohibit Shanghaiing in the United States.

Burial at sea.

Shipbreaking in India.

Voices In Time

A Thousand Fearful Wrecks

c. 1477 | London

Castaway

1709 | Juan Fernández Islands

Uncharted Waters

1943 | Bandol

Paradise Lost

1907 | London

On Vacation

1851 | Broadstairs

The Curious Sensation of Drowning

1892 | Strait of Formosa

Dead Reckoning

1914 | Antarctica

Boat-Shaped Mind

1941 | Sea of Cortez

Liquid Eternity

c. 1856 | Louisiana

The Good Life

1855 | Nantucket, MA

No Place of Habitation

1630 | Essex

Love of the Sea

c. 1880 | London

Jumping Ship

1912 | Atlantic Ocean

Subtle Sea Musics

c. 1926 | Cape Cod

On the Waterfront

1862 | London

Light Surf on Level Sand

1798 | London

Epic Brag

1572 | Lisbon

Washed Ashore

690 | Naka

Last Swim

c. 1895 | Grand Isle, LA

Dark-Ship Diplomacy

1853 | Washington, DC

Vision of Beatitude

1912 | Connecticut

Wonderful Complaints

1503 | Jamaica

Unconscious Desecration

1921 | New York City

Out of Soundings

1923 | New York City

Going Down With the Ship

1120 | English Channel

When the Levee Breaks

c. 2500 BC | Sumer

Securing the Hatches

1929 | Caribbean Sea

Sinking Sun

1689 | Izumo Point

Taking Stock

1812 | Atlantic Ocean

Sea Chantey

1861 | Oxford

Between the Devil and the Deep-Blue Sea

c. 1185 BC | Strait of Messina

Survival of the Fittest

c. 150 | Mediterranean Sea

The Sea Is English

1878 | Edinburgh

A Grand and Awful Scene

1812 | Atlantic Ocean

No Such Thing as Being Warm

1774 | Firth of Forth

Monsters of the Deep

c. 1240 | Norway

Accurate Forecasting

1914 | Panama

Clearing the Decks

67 BC | Mediterranean Sea

Man’s Best Friend

77 | Rome

Gazing into Eternity

1995 | Suffolk

Our Seaworthy Captain

1872 | South Pacific Ocean

The Accursed Trade

1759 | Atlantic Ocean

The Tormented Sea

c. 1835 | Cape of Good Hope

Sex on the Beach

c. 150 | Samosata

A Watery Funeral

1868 | Indian Ocean

Trade Routes

1776 | London

Committed to Davy Jones’ Locker

1834 | Pacific Ocean

Limit of Discovery

1775 | Southern Ocean

Infinite Solitude

1955 | Caribbean Sea

Charts and Graphs

Talking Like a Sailor

Bills of Lading

Deep Sea

Seaworthy Vessels

If by Sea

Mutinous Tides

Explorers and Adventurers

Kidnapped!

Contributors

Conversations

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel & John Fowles

Virgil & Guy de Maupassant

Benjamin Franklin & Charlotte Brontë

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