Round Cape Horn / Voyage of the Passenger-Ship James W. Paige, from Maine to California in the Year 1852

A first-person account of a passenger voyage from New England to California by way of Cape Horn, recounting the ship’s description, storms, cold, navigation hazards, and port calls along the route. The narrative mixes shipboard life—discomforts, quarrels, duties of officers and cooks, and nautical ceremonies—with vivid natural observations of birds, porpoises, whales, and other sea life, plus episodes of peril and narrow escape. The voyage concludes with arrival on the Pacific coast and a series of appended sketches capturing California scenes, frontier incidents, local characters, landscapes, and notable natural wonders.