Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833 - Paperback

by Charles Tyng (Author)

Author Biography

Charles Tyng was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1801. His voyages took him across the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Caribbean, visiting Cuba, China, Europe, Indonesia and the Sandwich Islands among other ports of call. He died in Rhode Island in 1879.