Two Years Before the Mast
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (672 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000HDHHD8 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 555 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
High Quality Leather Cover Chip Lohman Nice quality cover. Was a gift for a family who just returned from 2 years at sea.
In 1869, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. He sails from Boston, around Cape Horn, arriving in California when it was a remote Mexican land, and San Diego, San Pedro, Santa Barbara, and San Francisco were not much more than a few sheds. Being an educated person on his ship, he learned Spanish and became an interpreter. added an appendix entitled "Twenty-Four Years After". On the return trip around Cape Horn in the middle of the Antarctic winter he describes terrifying storms and incredible beauty, giving vivid descriptions of icebergs, and the scurvy that afflicts members of the crew. So, Dana, along with others of the Pilgrim's crew, tossed the hides from the bluffs, while spinning t