Master and Commander. Patrick O’Brian

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      Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      First Published in Great Britain by Collins 1970

      Copyright © Patrick O’Brian 1970

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      Source ISBN: 9780006499152

      Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007429288

      Version: 2019-06-20

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       Dedication

      MARIAE LEMBI NOSTRI DUCI ET MAGISTRAE DO DEDICO

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Note to Readers

       Dedication

       Diagram of a Square-Rigged Ship

Author’s Note

Chapter One

Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

       Keep Reading

      The Winning Post at Last: ALAN JUDD

      About the Author

      The Works of Patrick O’Brian

       About the Publisher

       Diagram of a Square-Rigged Ship

       The sails of a square-rigged ship, hung out to dry in a calm.

      1 Flying jib

      2 Jib

      3 Fore topmast staysail

      4 Fore staysail

      5 Foresail, or course

      6 Fore topsail

      7 Fore topgallant

      8 Mainstaysail

      9 Main topmast staysail

      10 Middle staysail

      11 Main topgallant staysail

      12 Mainsail, or course

      13 Maintopsail

      14 Main topgallant

      15 Mizzen staysail

      16 Mizzen topmast staysail

      17 Mizzen topgallant staysail

      18 Mizzen sail

      19 Spanker

      20 Mizzen topsail

      21 Mizzen topgallant

      Illustration source: Serres, Liber Nauticus.

       Courtesy of The Science and Technology Research Center, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundation

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