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Two Years before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (original manuscript), 1840

Two Years before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (original manuscript), 1840 Manuscript

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    Manuscript by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., 1840

    25.5 cm x 20.1 cm


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    [ This description is from the project: Arctic-Heritage-Library ]

    This presentation depicts the original manuscript of Dana’s book of the same title, first published in 1840. The work describes seafaring life on his ocean voyages to and from the coast of California between 1834 and 1836 on the brig Pilgrim and the ship Alert, fur-trading vessels.

    Funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission supported the web presentation of this volume.