FTP identify this 1850 novel subtitled "The World in a Man-of –War" by Herman Melville.
The title figure is dismayed when an arrival by the Emperor of Brazil sends his fellow crew members into a tizzy. Other highlights include an on-board presentation of "The Ruffian Boys" and finding some excellent port wine floating by the vessel, which the captain, ironically named Claret, proceeds to drink vigorously. The novel ends with the narrator falling from the mast of the Neversink, but being saved by Jack Chase's men when he discards the title object, which is immediately mistaken for a shark and speared. FTP identify this 1850 novel subtitled "The World in a Man-of –War" by Herman Melville.
The title figure is dismayed when an arrival by the Emperor of Brazil sends his fellow crew members into a tizzy.
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