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| | ''August 21st'' – Villeneuve ports at Cádiz. | | ''August 21st'' – Villeneuve ports at Cádiz. |
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| − | ''Early September'' – Transfer to Dover (“. . . though it was early September . . .” [Pg. 225]. More specifically, it’s probably the 1st as the longest it would have taken the news is roughly nine or ten days—the courier leaving Gibraltar right before the news comes in and coming back about a week later with another three—or four—days and some odd hours back to Britain with the news [The Gibraltar route—to and back—must certainly be a week at most, six days at least]. That is assuming there are no delays, save perhaps an hour or two of rest.) | + | ''Early September'' – Transfer to Dover (“. . . though it was early September . . .” [Pg. 225]). |
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| | ''September 30th'' – Roland and Excidium leave Dover for Cádiz (Pg. 275). | | ''September 30th'' – Roland and Excidium leave Dover for Cádiz (Pg. 275). |
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| | ''December 2nd'' – Battle of Austerlitz. | | ''December 2nd'' – Battle of Austerlitz. |
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| − | ''December 23rd'' – The ''Allegiance'' ports at Madeira. (This occurs nearly four weeks after the departure of ''William of Orange''. The ''Allegiance'' sets out again almost immediately after restocking, and it is later in the evening—after a short churn of weather—that Laurence witnesses Lui Boi’s sea-sickness. Lui Boi approaches him the next day, thanking Laurence for his assistance. Laurence also invites him for to dinner the next day, stating “It is our holiday, and I am giving a dinner for my officers . . .” [Pg. 141] ). | + | ''Late December'' – The Allegiance ports at Madeira—perhaps Dec. 22nd? (This occurs nearly four weeks after the departure of William of Orange). |
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| | ''December 25th'' – Laurence and his men dine with the Chinese. | | ''December 25th'' – Laurence and his men dine with the Chinese. |
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| | ''Late May'' – Banka Strait (Riley states, shortly before the sea-serpent attack, that it’ll be a “good month and a half without landfall . . .” [Pg. 240]. It is also reinforced in the letter written by Laurence on June 16th [Pg. 261]). | | ''Late May'' – Banka Strait (Riley states, shortly before the sea-serpent attack, that it’ll be a “good month and a half without landfall . . .” [Pg. 240]. It is also reinforced in the letter written by Laurence on June 16th [Pg. 261]). |
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| − | ''June 17th'' – The Allegiance ports at Macao. The party is instructed to travel to Peking. | + | ''June 17th'' – The Allegiance ports at Macao. The party is instructed to travel to Peking (There is about 2 to 3 days before they set out for Peking, which takes about 5 or 6 days). |
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| − | ''June 18th'' – Prince Yongxing returns from Canton, having sent word to Peking of their arrival [Pg. 271].
| + | ''Late June'' – Arrival at Peking. Attack on the British party (The days following their arrival proceed uninterrupted until the burial of Willoughby, then it skips two weeks). |
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| − | ''June 19th'' – They receive orders to continue on to Peking. They travel by dingy to Donggaun, here they spend the night [Pg. 272].
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| − | ''June 20th'' – Departure from Dongguan [Pg. 285].
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| − | ''June 23rd'' – Arrival at Wuchang [Pg. 293].
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| − | ''June 24th'' – Temeraire are first introduced to Lung Tien Lien [Pg. 296].
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| − | ''Late June/Early July'' – Arrival at Peking. Attack on the British party (The days following their arrival proceed uninterrupted until the burial of Willoughby, then it skips two weeks. Based on the distance between Dongguan and Wuchang--about 530 miles-- and between Wuchang and Peking--about 655 miles-- the last leg of their journey should have about four days; putting their arrival on the 27th). | |
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| | ''Mid-July'' – Riley’s arrival, standoff between Temeraire and Lien (Another week passes between here and Laurence’s adoption). | | ''Mid-July'' – Riley’s arrival, standoff between Temeraire and Lien (Another week passes between here and Laurence’s adoption). |
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| | ''Late July'' – Laurence’s adoption. Prince Yongxing buried (Yongxing’s burial, I assume, is the same day a Laurence’s adoption, but much later in the day; could even be in the early morning hour of the next day). | | ''Late July'' – Laurence’s adoption. Prince Yongxing buried (Yongxing’s burial, I assume, is the same day a Laurence’s adoption, but much later in the day; could even be in the early morning hour of the next day). |
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| − | '''Brief Note:''' Riley encounters pirates—see Ch. 17 of ToJ—a week out of Macao, somewhere in the vicinity of the Zhoushan Islands; more than half the distance between Macao ad Peking. So the journey takes more than a week and at most, if not under, two. These appears, to me at any rate, to be a squeeze based on the fact that the Allegiance had to make the journey back and be in port for a week before catching fire—making that nearly three weeks between Laurence’s adoption in early-Late July and the fire in Early August. But then, the time that passed at the end of ToJ is mentioned in weeks and not days, making it a lot harder to know exactly when events take place.
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| − | ''Early August'' – The ''Allegiance'' catches flames. Laurence’ orders from Lenton. Xian (Less than day from Xian, when Temeraire has his special moment in the lake, it stated to be on the cusp—meaning transition or mid—of August [Pg.39], but I am not sure if it’s meant to mean Late July into Early August, or Early August into Mid-August. I’m assuming the latter).
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| − | ''Mid-August'' – Crossing the Yellow River (This is about a week after the lake. They further on to Xian but seemingly leave the same day. Two more days pass they rest in a cave near Tianshui, another day passes, and then three more days before they pass over the Yellow River).
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| − | ''Late August'' – Crossing the Talamaken Desert (After the Yellow River, they travel several more days until they reach the Gobi, on the outskirts of Wuwei. Another five days pass and they reach the Jiayu Gate. Another few days between here, Yumen, ad Dunhaung; after which, they begin to cross the Talamaken. It takes a bit over a week).
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| − | ''Early September'' – Yutien. Arkady.
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| − | ''Mid-September'' – Istanbul (Ten days of travel—and then some—occur after their initial encounter with Arkady and before their arrival at Istanbul).
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| − | ''Late September'' – Lien exposes herself. Escape into Austria. Arrival at Dresden.
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| − | ''Early October'' – Prince Louis puts together a dinner for the captains and inform them of their orders (This occurs nearly two weeks after their arrival in Dresden [Pg. 232]. Looking at history, this would likely be October 6th. Historically, Prince Louis attended a war meeting on the 5th of October in Erfurt, where lay the Duke of Brunswick, King Frederick, and many other military commanders. It is said in History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon, Volume 4 by Adolphe Thiers that the council took two days due to uncertainty. This means it would have started early on the 5th and ending late on the 6th—though, early enough for him to return, presumably by courier, and dine with the captains).
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| − | ''October 10th'' – Battle of Saalfield. Prince Louis is killed in battle.
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| − | ''October 13th'' – Battle of Jena-Auerstedt (Historically it happens on the 14th, in the book it seems to imply the 13th, “It was early on the thirteenth of October; almost a month now since their arrival in Prussia . . .” [Pg. ]).
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| − | ''October 14th'' – Halle is taken by the French. Temeraire flies King Frederick and Queen Louise to Berlin. (Historically, Halle was captured on the 17th).
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| − | ''October 15th'' – Queen Louise sends her children to Kӧnigsberg. Temeraire and the royal party set out from Berlin, resting the night at a fortress on the Oder River.
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| − | ''October 16th'' – Temeraire and the royal party depart for Posen, but rest in an army camp twenty miles from their target. General Lestocq comes to greet the King and Queen.
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| − | ''October 17th'' – Temeraire starts out for Posen.
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| − | ''October 18th'' – Temeraire arrives in Posen.
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| − | ''October 28th'' – Battle of Prenzlau. Prince Hohenlohe surrenders to Murat (This is referenced by Kalkreuth [Pg. 328].
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| − | ''November 4th'' – Laurence and Temeraire, with the Polish army, are three days from Warsaw when Napoleon reaches the Russian army on the road near the city.
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| − | ''November 5th'' – Napoleon defeats the Russian army near Warsaw. Find shelter in a crumbling castle (Though it isn’t state specifically to occur the same day, it seems to be implied ‘“We will stay another day,” Laurence said in the morning . . .’ [Pg. 308]).
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| − | ''November 6th'' – Iskeirka hatches.
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| − | ''November 7th'' – Temeraire and Laurence arrive at Danzig to find it under siege by the French (Historically, the Siege of Danzig doesn’t begin until March, 1807, which is alluded to by Kalkreuth, who says something in passing about the French being held up—by the winter, I presume—until March).
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| − | ''Late November'' – Lien arrives at the French encampment outside Danzig (She arrives “scarcely a fortnight” after Temeraire and Laurence).
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| − | ''Early/Mid-December'' – Danzig is evacuated (Their departure is planned the night of the new moon, and it is stated that they have “so much as a week’s flying”. Interestingly enough, calendar’s I have consulted seem to place the new moon on the 9th or 10th of December).
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| − | - Mors 20:12, 30 September 2017 (CDT) []. | + | - Mors 16:54, 31 May 2017 (CDT) [I'm waiting on account verification]. |
