A Cruise in a Whale Boat, by a Party of Fugitives: Or Reminiscences and Adventures during a Year in the Pacific Ocean, and the Interior of South America. Written by James A. Rhodes and published in New York in 1848.
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Preface
Impelled by a boyish fancy, a few years ago I embarked on a voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and while there met with many adventures, and visited nearly every port upon the western coast of South America, residing in some of them for several weeks at a time.
Recent circumstances have induced me to put my recollections of that period into the present form, trusting that they will be found more or less interesting to all classes of people, the man of refinement, the rough sailor, those desirous of information, or the lovers of the marvelous.
