Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition.
During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.
By Charles Wilkes ... with illustrations and maps. In five volumes.

Description

Main Author

Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.

Language(s)

English

Published

Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1845.

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

"...This edition ... contains ... the same type, page and reading matter, as the one in imperial octavo; the difference between them being in the quality and size of the paper; the substitution of forty-seven wood-cuts for that number of steel vignettes in the other; the omission of the sixty-four plates, and the use of eleven of the fourteen maps, four of which are on a reduced scale."--Publisher's notice.
On verso of t.p.: Stereotyped by J. Fagan. Printed by C. Sherman.
Also available in microform.
Also available in digital form on the Smithsonian Institution Web site.

Physical Description

5 v. illus., 11 maps (incl. fronts. : v. 1, 4, 5) tables, 25 cm. + 1 atlas (5 fold. maps, 29 cm.)

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