Two Years before the Mast; or, a Voice from the forecastle: being a sailor's life at sea

Published on: 1841
Page Count: 172 pages
Print Type: BOOK
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Language: en
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Richard Henry DANA (Author of “Two Years before the Mast.”.) one dark night ... star- board tack , close hauled . The studding - sails must now be cleared ... two days of good breeze would take but we had for the most part what the sail ...

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