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"Two Years Before the Mast" is the true story of Richard Henry Dana's voyage aboard the «Pilgrim» on a trip around Cape Horn during the years 1834 to 1836. Intended as an account of «the life of a common sailor at sea as it really is», «Two Years Before the Mast» details a voyage from Boston to San Francisco to trade goods from the east for cow hides. «Two Years Before the Mast» is a classic depiction of maritime life in the 19th century. Included in this edition is the appendix, «Twenty-Four Years After» written and added by the author in 1869.

Полный вариант заголовка: «An account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798 : including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent, the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms, and sketches of the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. To which is annexed, a description of the present state, population, and produce of that extensive colony / by John Barrow».

Полный вариант заголовка: «A tour, performed in the years 1795-6 through the Taurida, or Crimea, the antient kingdom of Bosphorus, the once-powerful republic of Tauric Cherson, and all the other countries on the North shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the peace of Kainardgi and Jassy : the whole illustrated by a map of the tour along the Buxine coast, from the Dniester to the Cuban; with engravings of a Great number of ancient coins, medals, monuments, inscriptions, and other curious objects / by Mrs. Maria Guthrie ; described in a series of letters to her husband, the editor Matthew Guthrie».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Letters from a lady, who resided some years in Russia, to her friend in England : with historical notes».

Полный вариант заголовка: «A narrative of the British embassy to China in the years 1792, 1793, and 1794 : containing the various circumstances of the embassy : with accounts of customs and manners of the Chinese, and a description of the country, towns, cities, etc. / by Aeneas Anderson».