The Complete Two Years Before the Mast: Illustrated Classic

Dana, Richard Henry

ISBN 10: 195043589X / ISBN 13: 9781950435890

Published by Miravista Interactive, 2020

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G195043589XI3N00

Synopsis:

The complete, definitive illustrated version of this classic.
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• A cover based on the 1911 edition.
• Introduction.
• The complete, unabridged text.
• 65 original illustrations by E. Boyd Smith
• Twenty-Four Years After chapter by the Author
• Seventy-Six Years After chapter by the Author's Son
• Appendix with diagrams of sailing ships detailing all their sails, lines, and spars

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. Dana left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor on a voyage around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim. He returned to Massachusetts two years later. He kept a diary throughout the voyage, and, after returning, he wrote this classic. The term "before the mast" refers to the quarters of the common sailors, in the forecastle, in the front of the ship. This 'complete' version contains maps of his voyages, an introduction, notes written 24 and 76 years after the voyage, and diagrams of sailing ships.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Complete Two Years Before the Mast: ...
Publisher: Miravista Interactive
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Smith, E. Boyd
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket