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Voyage round the world : embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : in one volume : illustrated with one hundred and seventy-eight engravings on wood / by Charles Wilkes ..

Catalog Data

Author:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Subject:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 668 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Oceania
South America
Hawaii
Oregon
Antarctica
Date:
1849
Notes:
"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.
Haskell, D.C. U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842, p. 42, no. 6.
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
Q115 .W682 1849
Q115.W682 1849
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_355832