now, partner, let me spin ya a yarn 'bout the vast oceans, their mysteries shrouded like a bandit's hideout come nightfall. ain't no place for deride, for before us stands the predissolutionary marvel itself, untouched and wild as the west once was. we set to initiate from square one, aimin' to chart this great expanse, heedful of nature's own regulations, lest we disturb the peace of them waters.