Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of life at sea. [Chapters 1-7].

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882, author.

Contributor:

• Massachusetts Historical Society, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Terry, Job, 1783-.
• Death.
• Diet.
• Discipline.
• Food.
• Fur trade.
• Motion sickness.
• Nature.
• Navigation.
• Pirates.
• Sailors.
• Seafaring life.
• Superstition.
• Chile--Cape Horn.
• Falkland Islands.
• Massachusetts--Boston.
• Pacific Ocean--Juan Fernández Islands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1840.

Summary:

Original manuscript of Two Years Before the Mast, which describes Dana's experience as a common sailor in the American merchant service and is based on a journal kept during the two-year voyage.

Notes:

• AMDigital Reference: Special Collections - Dana; E 187
• Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Massachusetts Historical Society catalogue.
• Title from publisher's website.
• Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).