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Two Years Before the Mast

Richard Henry Dana

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In 1834, Richard Henry Dana, a Harvard student whose eyesight had been weakened by measles, left his studies and signed on as a common sailor on the brig…

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Richard Henry Dana
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Viagens e geografia
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inglês
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In 1834, Richard Henry Dana, a Harvard student whose eyesight had been weakened by measles, left his studies and signed on as a common sailor on the brig Pilgrim, bound around Cape Horn for California, then a remote province of Mexico. He describes the hard, dangerous life of the forecastle, storms and icebergs off the Horn, a cruel captain who flogs two of the crew, and months spent collecting and curing cattle hides along the Californian coast, before he returns home on the ship Alert.

Contexto e importância

Published in 1840, the book was a great success and gave a true picture of the sailor's life; Dana became a lawyer who defended sailors and escaped slaves, and Melville admired the book. Read Melville's Moby-Dick and Typee.

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