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Title Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea [Chapters 1-7]
Reference Special Collections - Dana; E 187
Library Massachusetts Historical Society
Date 1840
Author / Creator Dana, Richard Henry
Description 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.
Document Type Manuscript
Theme(s) Employment and Labour; Trade and Commerce
Keywords seafaring, fur trade, superstitions, seasickness, death, seaman duties, discipline, diet, pirate, nature, sailor's life, sailor, food, navigation
Countries USA
Places Juan Fernández Islands; Boston; Falkland Islands; Cape Horn
Ports Boston, USA
Company Bryant, Sturgis and Company
Ships Pilgrim, La Carolina
People Captain Francis A Thompson; Captain Job Terry
Additional Information Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Massachusetts Historical Society catalogue.
Copyright Massachusetts Historical Society