Round the Horn before the mast
by Basil Lubbock
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Originally published in 1903. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notatTags
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1902
- People/Characters
- A. Basil Lubbock ('Bally', ordinary seaman); Ross-shire (four-masted barque, Shire Line, as 'Royalshire'); Andrew Baxter (captain, as 'Bailey'); Bonita (schooner, San Francisco pilot boat); First Mate; Mr Knowles (second mate) (show all 32); Scar (third mate); MacDenny (fourth mate); Bosun; Sails (Welsh seaman, from Cardiff); Chips (Russian Finn, ship's carpenter); Slush (cook); Steward; Whitmore (nipper); Don Henderson (English ordinary seaman); Frenchie (ex-French Navy able seaman); Hassan (Arab able seaman); Liverpool (Lancashire able seaman, from Liverpool); Yoko (Peruvian able seaman); Webber (Swiss-American able seaman); Pedro (Brazilian able seaman); Joy (ordinary seaman, hobo); Jackson (ordinary seaman, hobo); Loring (English ordinary seaman, from London); Jamieson (Scottish able seaman); Taylor (English ordinary seaman, ex-man-of-war's man, from London); Wilson ('Foghorn', Swedish able seaman); Johnsen (able seaman); Rooning (Norwegian able seaman); Bower (German-American ordinary seaman, hobo); Jennings (US ordinary seaman, ex US Navy); Higgins (Irish able seaman, old soldier)
- Important places
- San Francisco, California, USA (July-Aug. 1899); Pacific Ocean; Cape Horn, Chile ('Cape Stiff', Oct. 1899); Atlantic Ocean; River Mersey, England, UK (Dec. 1899)
- Important events
- Philippine-American War (return of 'Californian boys' to San Francisco, Aug. 1899); St Elmo's Fire ('Jack o' Lantern')
- Epigraph
- "Frisco"
"Serene, indifferent of Fate,
Thou sittest at the Western Gate;
Upon thy heights so lately won,
Still slant the banners of the sun;
Thou seest the white seas strike their tents,
O Warder of two ... (show all)Continents!
And scornful of the peace that flies,
Thy angry winds and sullen skies,
Thou drawest all things, small and great,
To Thee, beside the Western Gate." - Dedication
- To my dear mother I dedicate this book
- First words
- On Wednesday, 12th July 1899, I signed on before the mast on the four-mast barque Royalshire of Glasgow, which had just arrived in Frisco from Japan, and was busy unloading the first cargo of Japanese coal that had eve... (show all)r left the country.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Whilst fighting in the late Boer War, I wondered if I would meet Mac, Don, or Loring, but our courses did not cross; perhaps in the future - who knows - but some day again I may cross the trail of an old shipmate, and have a yarn about the good old days on the gallant but ill-fated Royalshire.
- Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, Travel, Sports and Leisure, Biography & Memoir, History
- DDC/MDS
- 387 — Society, government, & culture Commerce, communications & transportation regulations Water, air, space transportation
- LCC
- G540 .L92 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General) Seafaring life, ocean travel, etc.
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