Table of Contents

1: Introduction: 'A formidable undertaking': Travellers' tales, Atlantic voyages, and the route to the East
2: Embarking: 'An inhabitant of another world': Shipboard spaces and daily life
3: Voyaging: 'My time hangs rather heavy on my hands': Passing the time, marking the passage
4: Observing: 'The wonders of the boundless ocean': Sea, sky, and the living world
5: Stopping: 'The salutary effects of the shore': Landfall, islands, and going ashore
6: Conclusion: Beyond the Cape

About the Author

John McAleer is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southampton. His work explores the British encounter and engagement with the wider world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, situating the history of empire in its global and maritime contexts. He was previously Curator of Imperial and Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.