Richard Henry Dana: 19 books

Nel 1834, a soli diciannove anni, lo studente di legge Richard Dana s’imbarca sul brigantino Pilgrim come marinaio semplice. Il racconto del suo viaggio, da Boston fino alla California doppiando Capo Horn, è la prima descrizione realistica della vita sulle navi e aprirà la strada alla grande narrativa...

In To Cuba and Back, an account of  what he called a “vacation voyage” in 1859, Dana tells of touring Havana and a sugar plantation; attending a bullfight; visiting churches, hospitals, schools, and prisons; and investigating the impact on Cuban society of slavery and autocratic Spanish rule.

In 1859, while the U.S. Senate was considering whether the United States should try to annex the Spanish possession of Cuba, Dana traveled there and visited Havana, a sugar plantation, a bullfight, and various churches, hospitals, schools, and prisons, a trip documented in his book To Cuba and Back.

A rare glimpse into the day-to-day shipboard procedures of the 19th-century. The author of Two Years Before the Mast outlines practical aspects of seamanship such as setting sails and tying knots as well as the roles and duties of each crew member. Includes a glossary of sea terms.