Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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1834/00/00 | Richard Henry Dana Jr | Seaman | Richard Henry Dana enlist as a common sailor on the brig Pilgrim and sails from Boston, heading around Cape Horn for California | ||||
1840/00/00 | Richard Henry Dana Jr | Author | Two Years Before the Mast - published | ||||
1840/00/00 | Harper and Brothers | Publisher | Two Years Before the Mast - published | ||||
1848/00/00 | Cap John McWilliams | Pioneer | John McWilliams decides to move to California after reading Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast (1840) | ||||
1859/00/00 | Richard Henry Dana Jr | Visitor | Richard Henry Dana and Jessie Fremont visit Clark's Station in Wawona, describing Galen Clark as a gracious host | Galen Clark Homestead Historic Site | Yosemite National Park | ||
1859/00/00 | Galen Clark | Host | Richard Henry Dana and Jessie Fremont visit Clark's Station in Wawona, describing Galen Clark as a gracious host | Galen Clark Homestead Historic Site | Yosemite National Park | ||
1859/00/00 | Jessie Benton Fremont | Visitor | Richard Henry Dana and Jessie Fremont visit Clark's Station in Wawona, describing Galen Clark as a gracious host | Galen Clark Homestead Historic Site | Yosemite National Park | ||
1869/00/00 | Richard Henry Dana Jr | Author | Mr R H Dana publishes a new edition of "Two Years Before the Mast", including his 1859 visit to California |
Particulars for Two Years Before the Mast: | |||
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Era | Age of Sail | A period where trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships, lasting from the mid-16C to the mid-19C. | |
Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
Narrative Arts | Factual | concerned with what is actually true rather than interpretations of or reactions to it | |
Narrative Arts | Memoir | a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources | |
Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language |
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