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Shipwrecks -- Canada

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• Shipwrecks
• Canada

• The King's Ship "L'Orignal", Sunk at Quebec, 1750 (extraced from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, 1898), by Fred C. Würtele (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Perils of the Ocean and Wilderness: or, Narratives of Shipwreck and Indian Captivity, Gleaned From Early Missionary Annals (Boston: P. Donahoe, 1857), ed. by John Gilmary Shea
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Diving for Pleasure and Treasure (Cleveland and New York: World Pub. Co., c1960), by Clay Blair, illust. by Walter Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Battles with the Sea: or, Heroes of the Lifeboat and Rocket, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy: A Weird Series of Tales of Shipwreck and Disaster, From The Earliest Part of The Century To The Present Time, With Accounts of Providential Escapes and Heart-Rending Fatalities (New York: Hurst and Co., n.d.) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Miss Ann Saunders (Providence, RI: Printed for Z.S. Crossmon, 1827), by Ann Saunders (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Narrative of the Wreck of the "Favorite" on the Island of Desolation: Detailing the Adventures, Sufferings, and Privations of John Nunn; An Historical Account of the Island, and its Whale and Seal Fisheries (London: W. E. Painter, 1850), by John Nunn, ed. by W. B. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Admirable Crichton, by J. M. Barrie (Gutenberg text)
• The Admirable Crichton: A Comedy (New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1921), by J. M. Barrie
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Fearsome Island (Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1896), by Albert Kinross (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Modern Telemachus, by Charlotte M. Yonge, illust. by William John Hennessy (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Saved from the Sea: The Loss of the Viper, and Her Crew's Saharan Adventures, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• West Wind Drift, by George Barr McCutcheon (Gutenberg text)
• West Wind Drift (New York: A. L. Burt Co., 1920), by George Barr McCutcheon (HTML and page images at Indiana)
• When the World Shook, by H. Rider Haggard (Gutenberg text)
• Trustee From the Toolroom (c1960), by Nevil Shute (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Wonderful Narrative of Miss Julia Dean, the Only Survivor of the Steamship City of Boston, Lost at Sea in 1870 (Philadelphia: Barclay and Co., c1882), by Julia Dean (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Wreck of the Titan, or Futility (autograph edition pub. by McClure's Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine, c1912), by Morgan Robertson (Gutenberg text)

• Foul Play, by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault
  • illustrated HTML at github.io
  • Gutenberg text
• Foul Play (based on an undated Grolier Society edition, with additional illustrations), by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault, illust. by Frank T. Merrill and George Du Maurier (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)

• A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man (Boston: Green and Russell, 1760), by Briton Hammon
  • HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • HTML at Evans TCP

• Jerry Todd in the Whispering Cave (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1927), by Leo Edwards, illust. by Bert Salg (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Charlie to the Rescue: A Tale of the Sea and the Rockies, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• Charlie to the Rescue: A Tale of the Sea and the Rockies (New York: T. Nelson, 1890), by R. M. Ballantyne (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• The Loss of the Royal George, by William Henry Giles Kingston, illust. by Horace Petherick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Saved by the Lifeboat, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• Twice Lost, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The First Mate, by Harry Collingwood (Gutenberg text)
• The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point: or, A Wreck and a Rescue, by Laura Lee Hope (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Philosopher Jack: A Tale of the Southern Seas, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific, by Harry Collingwood, illust. by Charles Joseph Staniland and Joseph Robert Wells (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Saved at Sea: A Lighthouse Story, by Mrs. O. F. Walton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The South Sea Whaler, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Sunk at Sea, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea (author died in 1954; c1953), by Ellen MacGregor (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Kangaroo Hunters, or, Adventures in the Bush (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, c1859), by Anne Bowman (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Land of Fire, by Mayne Reid (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Life of a Ship From the Launch to the Wreck, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• The Lily and the Cross: A Tale of Acadia (Boston: Lee and Shepard, c1874), by James De Mille
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Tim's Troubles (Holiday Library edition, ca. 1874), by M. A. Paull (page images at HathiTrust)
• The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Little Bobtail: or, The Wreck of the Penobscot (Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1875), by Oliver Optic (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• The Log of the Flying Fish: A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure, by Harry Collingwood, illust. by Gordon Browne
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Mate of the Lily, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• On Board the Esmeralda, by John C. Hutcheson
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Sunshine Bill, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text)

• The Young Captives: A Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of John and William Doyley (New Haven: S. Babcock, 1850) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Steamboat Bertrand: History, Excavation, and Architecture (Washington: National Park Service, 1974), by Jerome E. Petsche (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters, ed. by Logan Marshall
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text

• Images of Crisis: Literary Iconology, 1750 to the Present, by George P. Landow (illustrated HTML at Victorian Web)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.