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DESCRIPTION: cast bronze larger-than-life 9-foot high statue of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882), mounted on a polished granite plinth and stone pyramidal structure, with a cast bronze historical plaque of Dana Point's namesake author
Richard Henry Dana, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who achieved early fame with his 1840 memoir "Two Years Before the Mast" detailing his 1834 adventures as a Harvard college student interrupting his studies to serve as a common sailor aboard merchant ships on a round trip from Boston to the California coast up to Monterey.
The city of Dana Point was named after Dana's favorable description in his memoir that the (Dana Point/San Juan Capistrano) harbor and headland area was "the only romantic spot on the (California) coast." [Wikipedia]
Richard Henry Dana, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who achieved early fame with his 1840 memoir "Two Years Before the Mast" detailing his 1834 adventures as a Harvard college student interrupting his studies to serve as a common sailor aboard merchant ships on a round trip from Boston to the California coast up to Monterey.
The city of Dana Point was named after Dana's favorable description in his memoir that the (Dana Point/San Juan Capistrano) harbor and headland area was "the only romantic spot on the (California) coast." [Wikipedia]
LOCATION: Dana Drive and Island Way, 24300-24698 Dana Dr, Dana Point, California, USA
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