Dana, Richard Henry 1815-1882

Two years before the mast by Richard Henry Dana ( Book )
638 editions published between 1840 and 2011 in 8 languages and held by 5,232 libraries worldwide
Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882) of Boston left his studies at Harvard in 1834 in the hope that a sea voyage would aid his failing eyesight. He shipped out of Boston as a common seaman on board the brig Pilgrim bound for the Pacific, and returned to Massachusetts two years later. Completing his education, Dana became a leader of the American bar, an expert on maritime law, and a life-long advocate of the rights of the merchant seamen he had come to know on the Pilgrim and other vessels. Two years before the mast (1911) is based on the diary Dana kept while at sea. First published in 1841, it is one of America's most famous accounts of life at sea. It contains a rare and detailed account of life on the California coast a decade before the Gold Rush revolutionized the region's culture and society. Dana chronicles stops at the ports of Monterey, San Pedro, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Clara. He describes the lives of sailors in the ports and their work of hide-curing on the beaches, and he gives close attention to the daily life of the peoples of California: Hispanic, Native American, and European.

Two years before the mast and Twenty-four years after by Richard Henry Dana ( Book )
24 editions published between 1869 and 2004 in English and held by 971 libraries worldwide

Two years before the mast and other voyages by Richard Henry Dana ( Book )
8 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 916 libraries worldwide
Two years before the mast---To Cuba and back: a vacation voyage--Journal of a voyage round the world 1859-1860.

The journal by Richard Henry Dana ( Book )
7 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 855 libraries worldwide

Elements of international law by Henry Wheaton ( Book )
30 editions published between 1866 and 2000 in English and held by 615 libraries worldwide

To Cuba and back by Richard Henry Dana ( Book )
8 editions published between 1859 and 2010 in English and held by 450 libraries worldwide

Lectures on art, and poems by Washington Allston ( Book )
19 editions published between 1850 and 1996 in English and held by 380 libraries worldwide

To Cuba and back : a vacation voyage by Richard Henry Dana ( Book )
27 editions published between 1859 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 360 libraries worldwide

Lectures read to the seniors in Harvard college by Edward Tyrrel Channing ( Book )
16 editions published between 1856 and 2000 in English and held by 326 libraries worldwide
Includes lectures by Channing from 1819-1852.

Remarks of Richard H. Dana, Jr., Esq. before the Committee on Federal Relations on the proposed removal of Edward G. Loring, Esq. from the office of judge of probate, March 5, 1855 by Richard Henry Dana ( Book )
19 editions published between 1855 and 1996 in English and held by 273 libraries worldwide
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