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J. Ross. Browne
Etchings of a Whaling Cruise...
New York: Harper & Bros., 1846 8vo. Engraved frontispiece and seven engraved plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Original cloth, embossed and gilt. Very skillfully rebacked retaining original spine, gilt rather bright, a very good copy. First edition.This book was reviewed by Melville in Harper’s Weekly and likely had some influence on Moby-Dick. In the preface, Browne refers to Dana’s Two Years Before The Mast, explaining that he thought his subject (life on a whale ship) complements Dana’s Narrative which describes life on a Merchant vessel. There is much on California in this book as well.
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