Ninety-Nine Days · Timeline

Year and title of each chapter of “Ninety-Nine Days”.

ChapterYearTitle
11866The Premium and the Min River
21866The Logbook’s First Page
31866Tea, Salt, and Men
41866The Wharfside Loading
51866Into the Teeth of the Monsoon
61866The Strait as a Funnel
7(year not set)Unlike the Geographically Constrained Passages
81866The Captain’s Log at Midnight
91866The False Calm Before the Cape
101866The Run of the Hunter
111866The Depths of the Doldrums
121866The First Lookout’s Cry
131866The Balance Sheet of a Race
141866The Owners’ Inquest
151867The Board of Trade Summons
161867The Ruling from Whitehall
171868The Shipwright’s Response
181871The Last Monsoon Run
191874The Invisible Corner of the Ledger
201876The Cable That Broke the Monsoon’s Power
211876The Last Cargo of Jingdezhen Porcelain
221876The Charter Signed in Leadenhall Street
231877The Auctioneer’s Hammer Falls at Limehouse
241879The New Master in the Old Captain’s Cabin
251879The Printers’ Devils at the Dock Gates
261882The Model in the Great Hall
271885The Ledger Closes at Lime Street
281886The Final Page of the Ship’s Register