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Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast

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ISBN13: 9798888307663
Publisher: Bibliotech Press
Published: Mar 13 2024
Pages: 334
Weight: 1.27
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the same name was released in 1946.

In the book, which takes place between 1834 and 1836, Dana gives a vivid account of the life of a common sailor at sea as it really is. He sails from Boston to South America and around Cape Horn to California. Dana's ship was on a voyage to trade goods from the United States for the Mexican colonial Californian California missions' and ranchos' cow hides. They traded at the ports in San Diego Bay, San Pedro Bay, Santa Barbara Channel, Monterey Bay, and San Francisco Bay. The provenance of this history is well supported by records showing the company of Sprague and James building and launching a ship named Pilgrim in 1825 in Medford, Massachusetts. (wikipedia.org)

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