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Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon ..

Catalog Data

Author:
Herndon, William Lewis 1813-1857  Search this
Gibbon, Lardner  Search this
United States Navy Department  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. illus., 52 pl. (incl. fronts.) 23 cm. and 2 atlases with 5 fold. maps
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Amazon River Valley
Brazil
Peru
Bolivia
United States
Date:
1853
1854
1853-54
Notes:
Four plates wanting in v. 2.
Vol. 1, by Herndon; v. 2, by Gibbon. Imprint of v. 2: Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, public printer.
Also issued (Washington, 1854) as House ex. Doc., 33d Cong., 1st sess.
Also available online.
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Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
F2546 .H55
F2546.H55
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_143054