Forty-niners 'round the Horn
By: Charles R. Schultz.
Series: Studies in maritime history
Publisher: University of South Carolina
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coast.
Other titles: Forty-niners around the Horn
Description: "Forty-Niners 'round the Horn recounts the maritime adventure of fortune hunters who sailed from the east coast around Cape Horn to California during the gold rush of 1849. In the first book devoted to the onboard life of thousands of gold seekers, Charles R. Schultz paints a picture of the eighteen-thousand-mile odyssey through several climatic zones and around the vicissitudes of Cape Horn.

Drawing upon more than one hundred unpublished diaries, Schultz profiles the individuals who embarked on these journeys and demonstrates how markedly the gold rush voyages differed from general commercial trading and whaling ventures."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-341) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Preparations for the voyage; title: Underway at last; title: Food and drink; title: Amusement and entertainment; title: Sundays, holidays, and special days; title: Weather problems; title: People problems; title: Miscellaneous problems; title: Duties and responsibilities; title: First impressions.