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Contents List of Figures ix Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. A New Ship for a New Ocean 9 2. Seasoning on the China Station 37 3. The Civil War on the Pacific Coast 80 4. Hard Times on Coastal Patrol 121 5. Exploring Seward’s Icebox 147 6. Hawai`i and the End of the Archipelago 179 7. The Castaways of Ocean Island 218 8. Afterword: Legacy and Shipwrecks 280 Notes 325 References 343 Index 349 ...

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