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On a shimmering morning on the Moluccan Sea young Jerusha is sent by her father, Captain Michael Gardiner, to pay a call on a mysterious brig that had arrived in the night. Not only is the dashing craft more piratical than Jess had expected but the man who hailed her as she clambered on board is as flamboyant as the vessel he commands, a very tall and very thin gentleman with jet-black hair that grew down his cheeks, wearing a green waistcoat with...
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By making Nelson O'Cain his partner, Michael Gardiner has disinherited his daughter, Jerusha, who is in far-off Massachusetts, learning the skills of a herb-woman and midwife. So, he devises the crazy idea of an arranged marriage with Nelson, to salve his conscience and set matters straight. Unconvinced, yet aware of the logic of a convenient arrangement, Nelson voyages from Borneo to Boston, bearing a letter to Jerusha that sketches out her father's...
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Condemned to death by the Sultan of Brunei, Nelson O'Cain seeks to save himself with a tattoo of a dragon, a rampant dragon with wings outstretched, the same dragon that was carved on an obelisk on a small island at the mouth of a river in Borneo. Not only was the pillar supposed to be a man who had been turned to stone, but the carved dragon was a vital clue to where Hochman the pirate buried a great treasure. Captain Michael Gardiner and his seafaring...
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Money ships were wrecks of treasure-galleons belched up from the bottom of the sea after tremendous storms, yielding doubloons and all kinds of precious treasure ... gold bars and bullion, chests of brilliant gems.
Oriental adventurer Captain Rochester spun an entrancing tale to Jerusha, seafaring daughter of Captain Michael Gardiner - a story of a money ship, hidden in the turquoise waters of the South China Sea, which was nothing less than the...
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Money ships were wrecks of treasure-galleons that were belched up from the bottom of the sea after tremendous storms, yielding doubloons and all other kinds of precious treasure ... gold bars and bullion, chests of brilliant gems. Though just a story Jerusha Gardiner heard in childhood, it led to a strange and convoluted quest in far-off and exotic seas, triggered by the launching of the ship Huntress...
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The year is 1838, and after more than ten years in the planning, the famous United States Exploring Expedition is set to launch into uncharted waters from the coast of Virginia. A convoy of seven ships filled with astronomers, mapmakers, naturalists, and the sailors charged with getting them around the world, the "Ex. Ex." is finally underway, with much fanfare.
Aboard the convoy as ship's linguist is Wiki Coffin. Half New Zealand Maori and half...
7) Run Afoul
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U.S. Exploring Expedition linguist Wiki Coffin sails with the famous convoy of ships toward Brazil, where he faces a whole new set of trials and tribulations, not the least being blamed for the sudden grave illness of a fellow crewman. But, soon his own fate will be the least of his problems.
As the great flagship, Vincennes leads the convoy under the dubious command of eccentric captain Charles Wilkes toward a dramatic entrance in the port of Rio,...
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Wiki Coffin plays many parts on the U.S. Exploring Expedition--sailor, linguist, navigator, and, as half-Maori, cultural go-between. But, then the brig Swallow reaches the coast of Patagonia, an area infamous for its rough gauchos and revolutionary spirit, and he must take on his other role, that of agent of U.S. law and order.
A New England whaler shows up, desperate to find the devious trader who has cheated him of a thousand dollars and a schooner....
9) Shark Island
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Wiki Coffin, linguist aboard the U.S. Exploring Expedition, the famous voyage meant to put America at the forefront of 19th century scientific discovery, brings many skills to his job. Whether he's translating native languages, assisting his good friend Captain George Rochester as unofficial first mate, or upholding the rule of law as deputy to the sheriff of the port of Virginia, Wiki is never far from the action aboard the seven ships that make...
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It is February 1839, and the ships of the United States Exploring Expedition are thrashing about dreaded Cape Horn, on their way to a rendezvous at Orange Harbor, Tierra del Fuego, on a crazy mission to be the first to find Antarctica. A sealing schooner hails the brig Swallow with a strange tale of a murdered corpse on an iceberg-surely a case for Wiki Coffin, half-Maori, half-Yankee "linguister," who is the representative of American law and order...
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