Richard Temple - Patrick O'Brian

Just didn't really care what happened to this guy by the end of the novel.

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Mapping of The Far Side of the World Complete

My map of the events in The Far Side of the World is complete. Most of the voyage was replete with references to well known rivers, capes, islands and atols making this map easier than most. I am probably least happy with the back and forth around Valparaiso (where I tried to stay true to the references in the book but was left feeling unsatisfied with the results) and the last dogleg around the prodigious storm that hit the Surprise directly after Jack and Stephen's rescue.

It has been six years since I last read The Far Side of the World and I had forgotten much and thus enjoyed mapping this volume all the more. Completing this map in ten months means I am beating my average by a couple of months and am now on track to finish the series in a bit under seven years. Hurrah!

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Halfway and not a moment to lose.

Wish me joy! I have passed the halfway point in my epic project to map the events of the Aubreyad, the Napoleonic Age of Sail novels by Patrick O'Brian.

In a few months I will have been mapping the books for six years and, at my current rate of sail, I will be mapping for another eleven. I am thoroughly enjoying the process and even more so when I hear from other fans of the books. If you are one such, please get in touch on my guestbook.

Right now I have completed maps of the following books:

• Master and Commander
• Post Captain
• HMS Surprise
• The Mauritius Command - HMS Boadicea
• The Mauritius Command - HMS Raisonable
• The Mauritius Command - Dr Maturin
• Desolation Island
• The Fortune of War
• The Surgeons Mate
• The Ionian Mission
• Treason's Harbour

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Mapping of Treason's Harbour Complete

My map of the events in Treasons Harbour is complete. Despite the massive distraction of starting work at goCatch, I still managed to finish within a year which puts me on track to finish all the books in 2022.

A few fictional locations at key points in the book gave pause, but I am getting better at accepting that I can't pinpoint every location exactly and making my educated guesses more quickly. Looking forward to The Far Side of the World.

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Jack Aubrey as the Reddit alien

A small thank you for the kind words from those lovely folks over at the Aubrey Maturin Sub Reddit .

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