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Paul Eve Stevenson
1868–1910
A late-19th-century American travel writer and sailor, remembered for turning long sea voyages into lively, first-hand adventure books. His work follows real journeys around the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn, with an eye for shipboard routine as well as danger and wonder.
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By way of Cape Horn : four months in a Yankee clipper
by Paul Eve Stevenson
About the author
Paul Eve Stevenson was an American author born in 1868. Surviving catalog and library records link him most clearly with maritime travel writing, including A Deep-Water Voyage (1897), By Way of Cape Horn: Four Months in a Yankee Clipper (published in editions from 1898 and 1899, with a 1908 edition also listed), and The Race for the Emperor's Cup.
His best-known books draw on actual voyages. A Deep-Water Voyage follows a sailing journey around the Cape of Good Hope to Calcutta, while By Way of Cape Horn recounts a trip from New York to San Francisco and notes that the book was illustrated from photographs taken by the author. That firsthand, practical angle gives his writing much of its appeal today.
Stevenson died in 1910. I could confirm several details about his books and dates, but I did not find a reliable portrait image to use here, so the profile image is left blank.