Deck and port, or, Incidents of a cruise in the United States frigate Congress to California : with sketches of Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco (1850)
218 DECK AND PORT. labored essay is beyond the scope and purpose of this diary. I have only time to wave my adieu to VALPARAISO. Sweet Valparaiso — fare thee well ! Thy steep romantic shore, And toppling crags, where wildly dwell The echoes, which thy billows pour As o’er the rocks their anthems…
Congress (Frigate : 1841-1862) · Voyages to the Pacific coast · Travel
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