Die Rod ney Or The Adventures of an Eton Boy
An early chapter introduces a diarist at Eton and home, outlining a quest for excitement beyond school life. He recalls boxing, rowing, and desires for battlefield glory while debating careers in the navy, army, or counting house, amid family hints and looming destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel de Foe
Eton Ribe
Eton
George Lord
Rod ‘Hoy
Theu
Etty
Such
Linuat
Dot
Sibyl
Lhoad
Aunt Etty
Rodney & Co
London
Stummmer
Puritan Times
Captain Zeervogel and the Erlesmere Dutch Schooner Visit
In Erlesmere, Captain Zeervogel, a farmer and mariner, tells of a Dutch schooner repair on the gridiron and life aboard. He recalls landing near Wolfersdyck, a Beveland isle, and his brother Adrian’s death during a troubled voyage and a mysterious family tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resmers
Fisher
Erlesmere
Zoorvogel
Lord Duncan
Texel
Jan van Zeervogel
North Sea
Hisings
Wolfersdyck
Bevelnand
Eervogel
Zealand Isles
Beveland
Adriana
Tanust
Adrian
How I Got Adrift on the Treacherous Schooner
The narrator recalls staying aboard as Captain Zeervogel’s crew left and a stormy night ensues. A mix of fear, seasickness, and a ghostly vision of his dead brother Adrian haunts the voyage as the vessel drifts toward danger and dawn nears.
Useless Regrets on a Desolate Ocean
The narrator awakes adrift at sea with no land in sight. Hunger, thirst, and wreckage memories overwhelm him as he scavenges a broken bottle, moldy biscuit, and brandy remnants. He contemplates signaling with a light but finds no lanterns or matches, enduring night and isolation aboard the lone schooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cro Long
Dot
Sibya
Jan van Zoervogel
Allevista
Ghostly voyage ends in Dutch schooner tragedy on the sea
A weary sleeper recalls a Dutch skipper legend as a gale hurls a schooner toward ruin. The narrator clings to rigging while a brig’s boat crew rescues him, and the doomed schooner sinks, seen by fifteen nearby sails and market observers noting Herald reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
Henry VI
Thames
London
Neana
Bettye
Phere
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Die Rodney
James Gran
Daanish Canute
Oguau
Captain Zeervogel
Anfely
Zuldviet
Zuld-yilet
Smoutskerk
Zeervogel
Thad
Ellesmere
Mexico
Adrian's Hutt
Pentland Firth
Bristol
Havre de Grace
Zuld-inlet
Jan
North Boveland
East Scheldt
Scheldt
Strang
Ahn
Herald
Guernia
J. Kabat
Lddubuque
John Medlhap Lane Company
Grocers
Southwest Corner
Second
Iowa Stree
Dubuque, Iowa
Ohn Mehlhop, SR
H. Mehlaop
IOHN
Meelhop JR
Weveres
Jesso Whee
Sec
Wallis Co
Dubuque
Seventh and Locust Streets
Iowa
A. Tredway & Sons
Buffalo Seales
Iowa Street
C. A. Lorenz & Co
Sixth Street
Linehan & Molo
Main Street
Dunkards
Norti Manchester
Ind
Chicago Ore Western Railway
Manchester
F. B. Ross City
Maintreet
Durbuque
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