Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast
ISBN-10
1582182868
ISBN-13
9781582182865
Series
Two Years Before the Mast
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
472
Language
English
Published
2001-03
Publisher
Digital Scanning Inc
Authors
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

Description

Annotation The narrative of the author's journey from Boston around the Cape Horn and landing at a port in the western coast of the United States. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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