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Item Details
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CRUISE OF THE DASHING WAVE
ROUNDING CAPE HORN IN 1860 |
| By: |
Philip Hichborn, William H. Thiesen (Editor), James C. Bradford |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£25.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
081303437X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813034379 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA |
| Pub. date: |
15 February, 2010 |
| Series: |
New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology S. |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
On board the Dashing Wave, even the disagreeable food was a blessing as it distracted the crew from the oppressive cruelty of the elements. The weather and heavy seas of Cape Horn pushed the sailors to their physical limits. This title recounts the harrowing 1860 clipper ship passage from Boston to San Francisco by way of Cape Horn. |
| Synopsis: |
Voyage to the edge of mutiny and murder. "Cruise of the Dashing Wave" recounts a harrowing 1860 clipper ship passage from Boston to San Francisco by way of Cape Horn, as recorded by Philip Hichborn, ship's carpenter, in his journal. On board the Dashing Wave, even the disagreeable food was a blessing as it distracted the crew from the oppressive cruelty of the elements. The weather and heavy seas of Cape Horn pushed the sailors to their physical limits and often punctuated their watches with moments of despair, amazement, and fear. Hichborn would later rise to become a major figure in the U.S. Navy, but on this, his first voyage, he was still unfamiliar with life aboard ship. As ship's carpenter, he was not obligated to stand watch at night, giving him unique opportunities to observe and make notes on an extraordinary cruise that weathered devastating gales, ice, and snow; the death of a crew member; and, a near mutiny. Most accounts of seafaring are written by captains, mates, or members of the forecastle crew, but this unusually candid account captures life aboard a nineteenth-century tall ship from the point of view of a landsman.As such, it lays bare the social and professional interactions of a team of strangers stressed to the point of rebellion and murder - revealing that the rigid traditional hierarchy of a ship could be challenged by a man of skill and personality. |
| Illustrations: |
22 b/w photos, 3 maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University Press of Florida |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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