Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition
de WILKES, Charles
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WILKES, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1856. 5 Vols. Frontises., plates, portraits, folding charts. Orig. 3/4 calf and marbled boards, raised spine bands, red morocco spine labels, compartments decorated in blind, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. A near fine set. HOWES W-414--"The first United States scientific expedition by sea. Wilkes sailed along and surveyed the whole Northwest coast and his exploring parties penetrated into the interior at many points." A later edition of the full account of the expedition first published in 1845. Wilkes sailed along the Antarctic continent and throughout the islands of the South Pacific, visited the Hawaiian islands in 1840, explored the Northwest coast of America in 1841. The expedition was made up of a number of notable American scientists, and their botanical, natural history and geological findings are included.
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