This is a novel about two boys in New Haven who travel for adventure on a whale-ship---one of the very last---though the Panama Canal and to the South Pacific. It is a juvenile adventure story with treasure, mutiny, danger, whaling, and pearl diving. A great read from 1924 by a great writer and adventurer, A. Hyatt Verrill, author of about 106 books which are equally divided between fiction and nonfiction. (Goodreads)
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, known as Hyatt Verrill, (23 July 1871 – 14 November 1954) was an American zoologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator and author. He was the son of Addison Emery Verrill, the first professor of zoology at Yale University. He authored many books on natural history and science fiction works.