![]() 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 EuropeanĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:01:32 Boxid IA1791001 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Dana chronicles stops at the ports of Monterey, San Pedro, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Clara. ![]() 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. First published in 1841, it is one of America's most famous accounts of life at sea. Two years before the mast (1911) is based on the diary Dana kept while at sea. 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. 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. ![]()
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