Twenty Years Before the Mast, Or, Life in the Forecastle: Being the Experiences and Voyages of Nicholas Peter Isaacs. Containing an Account of His Escapes from Wild Beasts; from the Dangers of War; from British Pressgangs; from Frequent Shipwrecks; Together with Several Remarkable Dreams, and a Mass of Other Interesting Facts, and Including an Account of His Conversion to GodJ. P. Beckwith, 1845 - 199 páginas |
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