Cruise of the Dashing Wave: Rounding Cape Horn in 1860
Cruise of the Dashing Wave: Rounding Cape Horn in 1860
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Abstract
This book recounts a harrowing 1860 clipper ship passage from Boston to San Francisco by way of Cape Horn, as recorded by Philip Hichborn, the ship's carpenter, in his journal. On board the Dashing Wave, even the disagreeable food was a blessing as it distracted the crew from the oppressive cruelty of the elements. The weather and heavy seas of Cape Horn pushed the sailors to their physical limits and often punctuated their watches with moments of despair, amazement, and fear. Hichborn would later rise to become a major figure in the U.S. Navy, but on this, his first voyage, he was still unfamiliar with life aboard ship. As ship's carpenter, he was not obligated to stand watch at night, giving him unique opportunities to observe and make notes on an extraordinary cruise that weathered devastating gales, ice, and snow; the death of a crew member; and a near mutiny. Most accounts of seafaring are written by captains, mates, or members of the forecastle crew, but this account captures life aboard a nineteenth-century tall ship from the point of view of a landsman. As such, it lays bare the social and professional interactions of a team of strangers stressed to the point of rebellion and murder—revealing that the rigid traditional hierarchy of a ship could be challenged by a man of skill and personality.
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Front Matter
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Introduction
Philip Hichborn
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Cruise of the Dashing Wave
Philip Hichborn
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End Matter
- 93Appendix A. Dashing Wave Sail Chart
- 95Appendix B. Dashing Wave Bill of Fare
- 97Appendix C. Remarks, about Ship Dashing Wave
- 99Appendix D. Philip Hichborn’s Life after 1860
- 105Appendix E. Clipper Ship Dashing Wave after 1860
- 109Appendix F. Captain Lancaster’s Daughter, Irene Johnson, Discusses Dashing Wave
- Glossary of Nautical and Slang Terms
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index
- New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology
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