(SOUTH AMERICA) Herndon William Lewis; and Lardner Gibbon Ex

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(SOUTH AMERICA.) Herndon, William Lewis; and Lardner Gibbon. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon. 4 folding maps, 52 plates, text illustrations. [8], 417; x, [2], 339 pages. 3 volumes including a bound map volume. 8vo, publisher's cloth, minor wear, sunned, one map volume rebacked; moderate foxing, a few tears to maps. In modern 1/2 morocco tray cases. Washington, 1854

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This report was the result of an early effort to open the Amazon River to American commerce. The two explorers began at Lima. Herndon went north through Peru to the main branch of the Amazon; Gibbon went south and explored tributaries in Bolivia, connecting with the Amazon further down via the Madeira. Borba de Moraes, page 399 ("an excellent book on the regions mentioned"); Palau 113897; Sabin 31524. with--a separately bound duplicate copy of the two maps found in the Gibbon report.