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Crusoe's Island

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by Andrew Lambert


  blackberries, 1, 2

  Blane, Gilbert, 1, 2

  Bligh, William, 1

  Blonde (HMS), 1

  Blossom (HMS), 1

  Board of Trade, 1, 2, 3, 4

  book trade, 1, 2, 3, 4; see also publishers

  Boston (US), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Botany Bay (Australia), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  botany expeditions, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Bougainville, Louis de, 1, 2

  Bounty, 1, 2, 3

  Bourbons, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Boyle, Robert, 1

  Brazil, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  breadmaking, 1, 2

  Brett, Piercy, 1, 2

  Britain: Act of Union 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; and European identity, 1;

  and former American colonies, 1;

  and France, see under France; insularity of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  national debt of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  and Spain, see under Spain; and trade, see trade;

  weakness of, 1, 2;

  wool industry in, 1;

  see also England; Scotland

  Britannia (whaleship), 1

  British Columbia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  British Empire, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and colonisation, 1;

  in First World War, 1, 2;

  and islands, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  and scientific expeditions, 1, 2

  Britishness, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and Crusoe, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  and European identity, 1;

  and islands, 1;

  see also English identity; maritime world view

  Briton (HMS), 1, 2

  Brown, Lancelot ‘Capability’, 1, 2

  Browne, John Ross, 1, 2

  Bruce, James/Bruce, Mayme, 1

  Brum, Blanca Luz, 1

  buccaneer tales, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; castaways in, 1;

  collectors of, 1;

  as national obsession, 1;

  and voyage literature, 1

  Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1

  Burchett, Josiah, 1

  buried treasure myth, 1, 2, 3

  Byron, Captain Lord (Blonde), 1

  Byron, John ‘Foul Weather Jack’ (Wager), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Byzantium, 1

  cabbage trees (Juania australis), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  calenture, 1

  California, 1, 2, 3; Gold Rush in, 1, 2, 3

  Caligari film expedition (2010), 1, 2, 3

  Callao (Peru), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; British in, 1;

  coastal defences of, 1;

  destroyed by tidal wave, 1

  Campbell, John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Campbell, Lord George, 1

  Canada, 1, 2, 3, 4

  cannibalism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; by sailors, 1, 2, 3

  Canton (American merchant ship), 1

  Cape Town (South Africa), 1

  Cape Verde, 1

  Caradoc (HMS), 1

  Caribbean, 1, 2, 3, 4; Crusoe’s island in, 1;

  piracy in, 1

  Carpathian, 1

  Carroza, Manuel, 1, 2

  Carteret, Philip, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Carthaginians, 1

  Carvarjal (Spanish Chief Minister), 1

  ‘Cast-away, The’ (Cowper), 1

  castaways, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; in buccaneer tales, 1;

  deliberate, 1, 2;

  diet of, 1, 2, 3;

  and religious experience, 1;

  see also, Selkirk, Alexander

  Catholic Church, 1

  cats, 1, 2

  cattle, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; and ecological devastation, 1, 2;

  wild, 1

  Cavendish, Thomas, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Centurion (HMS), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; cleaning/repair of, 1;

  figurehead of, 1;

  filth/disease

  on, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  see also Anson expedition

  cetaceans, see whales; whaling

  Challenger expedition, 1, 2, 3

  charcoal production, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Charles and Henry (whaleship), 1

  Charles II, 1, 2, 3

  Chase, Owen, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Chatham, 1

  Chatham, Lord, 1

  Cheap, David (Wager), 1, 2, 3

  Cherub (HMS), 1

  Chetwood, William, 1

  Chile, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; British trade with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;

  Civil War in, 1;

  conquistadores in, 1;

  earthquake in (1751), 1;

  English in, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  in First World War, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  forestry commission of (CONAF), 1, 2, 3;

  German community in, 1, 2;

  independence struggle in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  Más a Tierra claimed by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  Navy of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  war with Peru, 1;

  war with Spain, 1

  Chiloe, 1, 2

  China, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  Christianity, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  chronometers, 1, 2

  Churchill, Awnsham/John (booksellers), 1

  Cinque Ports Galley (privateer), 1, 2

  Clark, William, 1

  Clarke, Thurston, 1, 2

  Clio (HMS), 1

  Clipperton, Captain John (Success), 1

  coal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  coati, 1

  Cochrane, Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4(n12)

  Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1, 2, 3, 4(n4)

  Colley, Linda, 1, 2

  Collingwood expedition, 1; and Chilean inhabitants, 1, 2, 3;

  Goodenough’s accident, 1;

  onboard library, 1

  Colnett, Captain James (Rattler), 1, 2, 3, 4

  colonialism, 1, 2, see also British Empire; Spanish Empire

  colonialist writing, 1

  Columbia, 1

  Columbus, Christopher, 1, 2

  communications, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  CONAF (Corporación Nacional Forestal), 1, 2

  Concepción (Chile), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Connor, David, 1

  conquistadores, 1

  Conrad, Joseph, 1

  Constellation (USS), 1

  convicts, see penal colonies

  Cook, Captain James, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9(n4); exploration of Pacific by, 1, 2;

  and scurvy, 1;

  second voyage of, 1, 2

  Cook, Captain John (Batchelor’s Delight), 1

  Cooke, Captain Edward (Duchess), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Cooper, James Fenimore, 1, 2, 3

  copper, 1, 2

  Coronel (Chile), 1, 2, 3

  Costa Rica, 1

  Cowley, Ambrose, 1

  Cowper, William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Cradock, Admiral Sir Christopher, 1, 2

  crayfish, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; industry, 1, 2

  Critias (Plato), 1

  Crowell, William, 1

  cruise ships, 1, 2, 3

  Crusoe, Robinson, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; as Anglo-German/George, I 1, 2, 3, 4;

  and Anson’s expedition, 1;

  and Britishness, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  cave/castle of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  and colonialism, 1, 2;

  influence of, 1;

  as romantic hero, 1;

  and Selkirk, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Crusoiana (Sutcliffe), 1

  Cumberland Bay (Más a Tierra), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Adventure in, 1;

  battle of (1915), 1, 2;

  Caradoc in, 1;

  Challenger in, 1, 2;

  Collingwood in, 1;

  cruise ships in, 1;

  gun emplacements in, 1;

  gun exercises in, 1, 2;

  Pilgrim in, 1;

  radio station in, 1;

  Rappahannock in, 1;

  ships seized by Spanish in, 1, 2;

  Spanish garrison at, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  surveys/maps/illustrations of, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  tourism in, 1

  Curtiss, Admiral Sir Roger, 1, 2r />
  Cyrus (whaleship), 1

  Dalrymple, John, 1, 2

  Dampier, Robert, 1

  Dampier, William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; attacks on, 1, 2;

  bungled missions of, 1, 2, 3;

  as character in fiction, 1;

  description of Más a Tierra, 1;

  narrative of, see New Voyage Round the World;

  popularity of, 1;

  and Selkirk, 1

  Dana, Richard Henry Jr, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Darwin, Charles, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Darwin, Erasmus, 1

  Dauphine (American whaleship), 1

  de Rodt, Alfred, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Dee, John, 1, 2

  Defoe, Daniel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; as advocate for colonisation, 1, 2, 3;

  book collection of, 1, 2;

  King of Pirates, 1;

  literary skill of, 1, 2, 3;

  and Moll’s chart, 1;

  New Voyage Round the World, 1;

  non-fiction writings of, 1, 2;

  as promoter of trade/commerce, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  as South Seas expert, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  on Spanish aggression, 1

  deforestation, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Delano, Amasa, 1, 2

  des Brosses, Charles, 1, 2

  Dickerson, Wiley Rogers (Rappahannock), 1

  Dickson, Henry Newton, 1

  diplomacy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Discovery, 1

  disease, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; see also scurvy

  dogs, wild, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Dolphin (HMS), 1, 2

  Dolphin (USS), 1

  dolphins, 1, 2

  Douglas, David, 1

  Dover, Thomas, 1

  Drake, Francis, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Dresden, 1, 2, 3; sinking of, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Duchess, 1, 2

  Ducie Island, 1, 2

  Duke, 1, 2

  D’Urville, Captain Dumot, 1

  Dutch East India Company, 1

  Dutch exploration, 1, 2, 3, 4

  earthquakes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; see also, tsunamis/tidal waves

  East India Company, 1, 2

  Easter Island, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; as National Park, 1

  Eaton, Captain John, 1, 2

  Ecuador, 1, 2

  Eden, see Paradise/Eden

  Eimeo, 1

  El Dorado, 1

  El Yunque (Más a Tierra), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  elephant seals, 1, 2; cruelty to, 1, 2;

  extinct on Más a Tierra, 1;

  as food, 1;

  oil from, 1

  Eliza (sealing ship), 1

  Emilia (whaleship), 1

  empire, 1, 2, 3(n10); see also British empire; Spanish Empire

  Enderby, Samuel, 1, 2, 3

  Enderby’s Cove (Más Afuera), 1

  England: Commonwealth, 1; emergence as global power, 1;

  and France, see under France;

  insularity of, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  as maritime power see seapower, British;

  maritime world view of, 1, 2;

  and Spain, see under Spain; Stuart period, see Stuart England; Tudor period, see Tudor England; weakness of 1, 2, 3

  English Channel, 1

  English identity: and islands, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  maritime world view, 1, 2, 3, 4; see also Britishness

  Englishman, The (journal) 1

  Enlightenment, 1, 2

  Entick, John, 1, 2, 3

  Essex (American whaleship), 1, 2, 3, 4

  Essex (USS), 1, 2, 3, 4

  European Union, 1, 2

  exploration, 1, 2; and Royal Society, 1;

  and search for knowledge, 1;

  and Spanish Empire, 1

  Exquemelin, Alexandre, 1, 2, 3

  Falkland Islands, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; conflict in (1982), 1, 2;

  in First World War, 1, 2;

  strategic importance of, 1, 2

  Falkland Islands Crisis (1770), 1

  Fanning, Captain Edmund (Betsey), 1

  Ferdinand VI, 1, 2, 3

  Fernández, Juan, 1, 2; discovery of island by, 1

  Fiji, 1

  Finisterre, Cape, 1

  First World War, 1, 2, 3, 4; Anglo-Chilean relations in, 1, 2

  fish/fishing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; cooking, 1, 2;

  over- 1;

  preserved, 1;

  profusion of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Fisher, Admiral Lord, 1

  Fishery Act (1788), 1

  Fitzroy, Captain Robert (Beagle), 1, 2, 3

  Floridablanca, Count, 1

  Folger, Matthew, 1, 2

  Foreign Office, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Formosa, 1

  Four Years in the Pacific (Walpole), 1

  France, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; national feeling in, 1;

  Pacific territories in, 1, 2;

  and pirates, 1, 2;

  and Seven Years’ War, 1;

  Tahiti seized by, 1, 2;

  voyagers from, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  war with Britain (1745–48), 1;

  war with England/Spain (1688–97), 1;

  and War of Spanish Succession, 1

  Franco, Captain, 1

  Franklin, John, 1, 2, 3

  Frederick the Great, 1

  Friday, Man, 1, 2; model for, 1, 2(n13)

  fruit trees, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Funnell, William, 1, 2, 3

  Galápagos Islands, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Gamero, Captain Benjamin Munoz, 1

  gardens/gardening, 1, 2, 3, 4

  geology, 1, 2

  George I, 1, 2

  George III, 1; maritime world view of, 1

  ‘German Crusoe’ (Hugo Wever), 1, 2, 3

  Germany, 1, 2, 3; in First World War, 1, 2, 3;

  impact of Robinson Crusoe in, 1;

  pirate literature in 1

  Gibraltar, 1, 2, 3

  Gladstone, William, 1, 2

  Glasgow, 1

  Glorious Revolution (1688), 1

  Gloucester (HMS), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  goats, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; ears slit by Selkirk, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  and environmental destruction, 1, 2;

  hunting, 1;

  on Más Afuera, 1;

  as pets, 1;

  and wild dogs, 1, 2

  Godfrey, Admiral John, 1

  Godfrey, John, 1

  gold, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; see also under California

  Golden Rocket, 1, 2

  Golding, William, 1

  Goldsmith, Oliver, 1

  Good Hope, Cape of, 1, 2, 3

  Good Hope (HMS), 1

  Goodenough, James Graham, 1, 2

  Graham, Maria, 1, 2

  Gray, Captain Robert (Columbia/Lady Washington), 1, 2

  Greenland, 1, 2

  Grenville, George, 1

  guano, 1, 2

  Gulliver’s Travels (Swift), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; and Melville, 1, 2

  Gunnera chilensis, 1

  Hack, William, 1

  Hakluyt, Richard, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Halifax, Earl of, 1, 2

  Hall, Admiral Reginald ‘Blinker’, 1

  Hall, Captain Basil, 1, 2

  Halley, Edmund, 1

  Halliburton, Richard, 1

  Hanwell, Captain (William & Ann), 1, 2

  Harley, Robert, 1, 2

  Harris, John, 1, 2, 3

  Haswell, Robert, 1

  Hatley, Simon, 1

  Havana (Cuba), 1

  Hawaii, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Hawkesworth, John, 1, 2, 3

  Hawkins, Richard, 1, 2, 3

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1

  Henry VII, 1, 2

  Herodotus, 1

  Higgins, Don Thomas, 1

  Hillyar, James (Phoebe), 1

  Hobbes, Thomas, 1

  hogs, wild, 1

  Holland, 1; literature published in, 1, 2;

  maritime culture of, 1;

  and Spain, 1;

  voyagers from, 1, 2, 3, 4

>   Hood, Lord, 1

  Hooker, William, 1, 2

  Horn, Cape, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; survey of, 1

  horses, 1

  Horseshoe Bay/Bahía del Padre (Más a Tierra), 1, 2

  Hudson’s Bay Company, 1

  humanism, 1, 2, 3

  Humboldt, Alexander von, 1, 2

  Humboldt Current, 1, 2, 3

  hummingbirds, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Hundred Years War, 1

  Hutchinson, Henry, 1

  Incas, 1

  India, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Indian, 1

  Indian Ocean, 1, 2

  indigenous people, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; in sexual encounters with sailors, 1, 2

  industrialisation, 1

  Inflexible, 1

  intelligence, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; in First World War, 1, 2

  investors/brokers, 1, 2, 3

  Invincible, 1

  Ireland, 1, 2

  Irisarri, Jose de, 1

  Irving, Washington, 1, 2, 3

  Isla de la Plata, 1

  island writing, 1, 2, 3, 4; Dutch, 1;

  magical/mythic elements in, 1, 2;

  and Robinson Crusoe, 1

  islands, 1, 2; British identification with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  fragile ecosystems of, 1;

  and legislation, 1;

  and Spanish Empire, 1

  Islomania (Clarke), 1

  isolation, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Jackson, Andrew, 1

  Jacobite uprising, 1, 2

  James I, 1

  Janequeo (Chilean brig), 1

 

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