American geologist noted for his work on coral reefs and volcanoes and his influential geology and mineralogy textbooks. (click for a larger image) James Dwight Dana |
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American lawyer and writer best known for his Two Years Before the Mast (1840), an account of his voyage from Boston to California around Cape Horn. |
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