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Under the sea-wind : a naturalist's picture of ocean life
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Two years before the mast; : a personal narrative of life at sea
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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.
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Life on the Ocean Wave: Reminiscences of My Voyages Around the World [typescript]
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The volume is Charlotte A. Babcock's reminiscences of her five years at sea (1851-1856) with her husband Captain David S. Babcock aboard the ships Swordfish and Young America. She gives detailed descriptions of San Francisco, Hawaii, Canton (Guangzhou), China, Hong Kong, Bombay, Manila, and Singapore. She also discusses the people she met, parties she attended, and the activities of the sailors and passengers on board her husband's ships. Also included is a sketch of the ship Young America by Charlotte A. Babcock
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New and Correct Map of the Whole World, shewing the situation of the Principal Parts, Viz the Oceans, Kingdoms, Rivers, Capes, Ports, Mountains, Woods, Trade Winds, Monsoons, Variation of the Compass, Climats, &c. With the most remarkable tracks of the Bold Attempts which have been made to Find out the North East & North West Passages. The Projection of this Map is Call'd Mercator's the Design is to make it Useful both for Land and Sea. And it is laid Down with all possible care, According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations by Herman Moll Geographer, 1719
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Kashnor notes, "A celebrated old map, showing California as an island, with the supposed Strait of Annian." Several explanations and advertisements at length. Large cartouche. Large cartouche by L. Cheron. Submaps of North Pole and chart of magnetic variation [by Halley]. Also track of Woodes Rogers from Cabo San Lucas to Guam with magnetic variations.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: leagues. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: E50 No. 2 Mus Bk St 105/257 257/105.
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