Scurvy, infectious diseases, mermaids, sea monsters, tempests, sirens, different types of ships, the sexton, constellations, buccaneers, sharks, love at sea, sea men, slaves, weaponry, hidden treasure, sea birds, fishing, merchant marine, different of a ship, prostitution, adventures at port, the gentry/noblemen, God at sea, the Devil at sea, colorists, missionaries, landlubbers, spices, ghosts at sea, moralism, foggy conditions, icebergs, types of fish, whales, whaling encounters, maelstrom, homoeroticism, rum, other liquor, the passage to India, beaching, fighting, fidelity, loneliness, madness, dehydration, hunger, sea dogs, monkeys, and salt encrusted eyelashes.