Two Years before the Mast

Japanese: 《Two Years before the Mast》(英語表記)TwoYearsbeforetheMast
Two Years before the Mast

…American author, lawyer, and politician. He majored in maritime law at Harvard University, but left his studies to become a sailor, and wrote Two Years before the Mast (1840) based on his experiences at sea. This work is considered a classic of American maritime fiction, and Melville, the author of Moby Dick, was inspired by it. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Two Years before the Mast" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…アメリカの作家,弁護士,政治家。ハーバード大学で海洋法を専攻したが,学業を中断して船乗りになり,その航海の経験をもとに《水夫としての2年間Two Years before the Mast》(1840)を書いた。これはアメリカ海洋小説の古典と目されており,《白鯨》の著者メルビルもこの作品に啓発された。…

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