Two Years Before the Mast A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea DANA, Richard Henry

Genre

Biography & Memoir

Format

Hardback

Title

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

Two Years Before the Mast A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Hardcover) DANA, Richard Henry 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 starting in https://offerup.com/redirect/?o=MTgzNC5Jbg== 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.Twenty-Fours Years After recounts his visit to California in 1859, after the Gold Rush, by which time the state had been totally transformed. This description may be from another edition of this product. Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s Two Years Before the Mast is a realistic memoir of his 1834 voyage from Boston to California as a 19-year-old sailor. Published in 1840, the book is based on Dana's diary and is considered one of America's most famous maritime accounts. It challenges the romanticism of earlier maritime literature with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the harsh realities of life at sea In very good condition. Please review all photos as they are part of the description.

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