Round Cape Horn / Voyage of the Passenger-Ship James W. Paige, from Maine to California in the Year 1852 cover

Round Cape Horn / Voyage of the Passenger-Ship James W. Paige, from Maine to California in the Year 1852

by J. Lamson

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A voyage round Cape Horn in a passenger-ship is an event of the past. The necessity for performing this perilous voyage has been obviated by the introduction of railroads and steamships. Emigrants and travelers are no longer obliged to risk their lives and waste their time in passing round the Stormy Cape in order to arrive at a point, which may be reached in a week by a pleasant ride across the continent on the railroad; and Cape Horn is destined to become a terra incognita to all but the readers of ancient voyages.I am not aware that a narrative of a voyage of this description has ever been ...

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