Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 American epic period war-drama film co-written, produced and directed by Peter Weir, set during the Napoleonic Wars. The film's plot and chara
The gimbal upon which the ship was mounted
Replica ship at Baja Studios
A U.S. serviceman attending a special Department of the Navy screening of Master and Commander
The replica of HMS Surprise used in the film docked in San Diego, 2012
Aubrey–Maturin series
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The Aubrey–Maturin series is a sequence of nautical historical novels—20 completed and one unfinished—by English author Patrick O'Brian, set during the Napoleonic Wars and centring on the friendship b
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
…and directed by Peter Weir, set during the Napoleonic Wars. The film's plot and characters are loosely adapted from novels in author Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series, which includes 20 completed novels of Jack Aubrey's naval career. The film stars Russell Crowe as Aubrey, captain in the Royal Navy, and Paul Bettany…
A replica of HMS Surprise at the San Diego Maritime Museum, based on HMS Rose and used in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
A diagram of 1728 illustrating the exterior and rigging of a third-rate ship and the interior of a first-rate ship.