Beyond the Breakers

**this was originally released on the bonus feed for Patrons in July 2022; enjoy! And consider supporting the show on Patreon!**

This is the second installment in our sporadic Dead Reckoning bonus series. This episode takes us to the haunted coast of Connecticut, where spirits are said to linger at New London Ledge Light and Penfield Reef.

Sources:

Blake, Kevin. "Lighthouse Symbolism in the American Landscape." FOCUS on Geography, Summer 2007, pp. 9 - 15.

Carter, Donald. Connecticut's Seaside Ghosts. Schiffer, 2008.

“Lighthouse Facts.” United States Lighthouse Society. https://uslhs.org/education/glossaries-facts-trivia/lighthouse-facts.

Miller, Allen S. “‘The Lighthouse Top I See’: Lighthouses as Instruments and Manifestations of State Building in the Early Republic.” Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring 2010, pp. 13 - 34. 

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We make a return to Chile after about two years away to tell the tale of the steamship Cazador (the first such vessel to ever serve in the Chilean Navy). 

We were previously in Chile for the story of the Angamos wayyyy back in Episode 14; give it another listen if you need a refresher!

Sources:
 
"A 163 años del naufragio del barco 'Vapor Cazador': Así fue la peor tragedia naval en Chile". Teletrece, 30 Jan 2019. https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/Flotaban-cadaveres-de-mujeres-sosteniendo-a-sus-hijos-a-163-anos-de-la-peor-tragedia-naval-en-Chile

"Loss of a Steamer and 300 Lives." Lloyd's Weekly, London, 6 Apr 1856. 

Sotomayor, Rafael "Num. IV. Notas Relativas al Naufragio del vapor Cazador." Memoria que el Ministro de Estado en el Departamento de Marina Presenta al Congreso Nacional de 1856.

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For this month's bonus episode we are discussing the 1984 film The Bounty starring Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. 

Apologies for the delay, but we hope you enjoy our burgeoning interest in sound effects. 

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This week Taylor brings us the story of a vessel with a short but fascinating life - Cleopatra's Barge, which would later be renamed Ha'aheo o Hawai'i (Pride of Hawai'i) after being purchased by Kamehameha II for his personal use.

**This episode opens with a longer banter session than normal as we shake off the chains of the Spanish Armada series**

Sources:

Johnson, Paul Forsyth. "Do They Really Pay You To Do That?" Smithsonian Institution, Sept 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604054435/http://americanhistory.si.edu/about/pubs/johnston2.pdf

Johnston, Paul Forsyth. "A Million Pounds of Sandalwood: The History of Cleopatra's Barge in Hawaii." The American Neptune, vol. 62, no. 1, 2002, pp. 5 - 45

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Here we wrap up the main sequence of the Spanish Armada story. As all hope of a rendezvous with Parma has been lost, Medina Sidonia has no choice but to bring his ships north around Scotland and Ireland, and then back on the long journey south back to Spain. 

We bid farewell to Drake, Recalde, Frobisher, the Valdes cousins, and all of the other friends we've made along the way. 

Sources:

Allingham, Hugh. "The Spanish Armada: A Spanish Captain's Experiences in Ulster in 1588: A Reminiscence (With Notes)." Ulster Journal of Archaeology, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 178 - 194.

Flanagan, Laurence. "The Irish Legacy of the Armada." Archaeology Ireland, vol. 2, no. 4, Winter 1988, pp. 145 - 149

Hanson, Neil. The Confident Hope of a Miracle. Knopf, 2003. 

Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. Penguin, 1982.

Jensen, De Lamar. “The Spanish Armada: The Worst-Kept Secret in Europe.” The Sixteenth Century Journal, vo. 19, no. 4, Winter 1988, pp. 621 - 641.

Kelleher, Connie. "La Trinidad Valencera - 1588 Spanish wreck: results of the Underwater Archaeology Unit's work at the site 2004-6." The Journal of Irish Archaeology, vol. 20, pp. 123 - 139.

Lowth, Cormac F. "Finds of the Spanish Armada." Dublin Historical Record, vol. 57, no. 1, Spring 2004, pp. 24 - 37.

Mackie J.D. "Scotland and the Spanish Armada." The Scottish Historical Review, vol. 12, no. 45, Oct 1914, pp. 1 - 23.

Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.

Mattingly, Garrett. The Armada. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Parker, Geoffrey. The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road: 1567- 1659 2nd Edition. Cambridge, 2004.

Thomas, Hugh. World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire. Random House, 2014.

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In Part III of our Series on the Spanish Armada, it's showtime! We cover the engagements at Portland Bill, the Isle of Wight, and Gravelines. We discuss flyboats, fireships, and timebombs. We finally criticize our boy Medina Sidonia. This episode really has it all.

Sources:

Hanson, Neil. The Confident Hope of a Miracle. Knopf, 2003.

Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. Penguin, 1982.

Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.

Mattingly, Garrett. The Armada. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Parker, Geoffrey. The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road: 1567- 1659 2nd Edition. Cambridge, 2004.

Thompson, I. A. A. “The Appointment of The Duke of Medina Sidonia to the Command of the Spanish Armada.” The Historical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1969, pp. 197 - 216.

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**this was originally released in April of 2022 as a bonus episode; now it's yours to enjoy on the main feed!**

In this bonus episode for the month of April 2022 we are delving back into some maritime mysteries and folklore with a talk about the Carroll A. Deering and the tall tales of Alfred Bulltop Stormalong. 

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Join us this week for Part Two of the Spanish Armada of 1588; the Armada sets sail, takes a break, sets sail again, and encounters the English fleet for the first time in the campaign.

Hanson, Neil. The Confident Hope of a Miracle. Knopf, 2003.

Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. Penguin, 1982.

Mackie, J.D. "Scotland and the Spanish Armada." The Scottish Historical Review, vol. 12, no. 45, Oct 1914.

Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.

Parker, Geoffrey. The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road: 1567- 1659 2nd Edition. Cambridge, 2004.

Thomas, Hugh. World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire. Random House, 2014.

Thompson, I. A. A. “The Appointment of The Duke of Medina Sidonia to the Command of the Spanish Armada.” The Historical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1969, pp. 197 - 216.

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We embark on our next multi-part episode with Part 1, covering the background and planning phases of the Spanish Armada of 1588. This episode has everything! Politics! Logistics! Mutiny! Singed beards!... Typhus!

Sources:

Drelichman, Mauricio and Hans-Joachim Voth. “Lending to the Borrower from Hell: Debt and Default in the Age of Philip II.” The Economic Journal, vol. 121, no. 557, December 2011, pp. 1205 - 1227.

Hanson, Neil. The Confident Hope of a Miracle. Knopf, 2003. 

Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. Penguin, 1982.

Jensen, De Lamar. “The Spanish Armada: The Worst-Kept Secret in Europe.” The Sixteenth Century Journal, vo. 19, no. 4, Winter 1988, pp. 621 - 641.

Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.

Parker, Geoffrey. The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road: 1567- 1659 2nd Edition. Cambridge, 2004.

Thomas, Hugh. World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire. Random House, 2014.

Thompson, I. A. A. “The Appointment of The Duke of Medina Sidonia to the Command of the Spanish Armada.” The Historical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1969, pp. 197 - 216. 

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This week it's back to just the lads again with the story of the sidewheeler Alaskan, sunk in May 1889 off of Cape Blanco.

Sources:

"The Alaskan Founders." New York Times, 17 May 1889. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/05/17/100961000.pdf

Anderson, Matthew. "SS Columbia - The Lost Ship Who Lit the World." Shipwreck World, 23 Oct 2016. https://www.shipwreckworld.com/articles/ss-columbia-the-first-electric-ship

"The Olympian and the Alaskan." The West Shore, 1 May 1884. https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/2012260361/1884-05-01/ed-1/seq-7/

Schultz, Duane. "Inconvenient Truth: A Daring Reporter Tells Abraham Lincoln What His Own Government Would Not." America's Civil War, Nov 2012, pp. 26 - 33.

"Villard, Henry. "1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Villard,_Henry

"Yaquina Head Lighthouse." Lighthouse Friends. https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=133

Villard, Henry. "Recollections of Lincoln." The Atlantic: 2012 Civil War Special, pp. 34 - 37. 

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