Voyage round the world,
embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition /
by Charles Wilkes.

Description

Main Author

Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : G.P. Putnam, 1851, c1949.

Subjects

Antarctica.
Oregon > Oregon / Description and travel.
Hawaii > Hawaii / Description and travel.
South America > South America / Description and travel.
Oceania > Oceania / Discovery and exploration.

Note

Introduction dated 1949.
"This edition of the Narrative of the exploring expedition will be found to contain all the most interesting results as well as the exciting scences of the cruise. I have endeavored to retain all that is interesting to the general reader in geography and natural history; also, full descriptions of the places we visited, and of the habits, manners, and customs of the natives."--Introd.

Physical Description

xx, 668 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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