"A historical collection of true, oft times embellished, forgotten sagas of tremendous hardship, daring exploits, hilarious anecdotes, devoted love, foolhardy capers, of the rugged, resilient people of Ha Ha Bay and area, eking out a subsistence living on the stormy, unforgiving North Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, told with a human face. Canada’s first European settlement, most destructive hurricane, most devastating tsunami, most deadly disease epidemic, even genocide; all occurred in Newfoundland."

The 1861 Nautical Magazine includes reports on China and Japan, geology, eclipses and a tsunami, and the French navy.

The 1858 Nautical Magazine reports on the inauguration of the first Atlantic cable and relations between China and the West.

The 1861 Nautical Magazine focuses especially on Japan, but includes articles on British ports and statistics on lifeboats and wrecks.