WILKES CHARLES Narrative of the United States Exploring Expe

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WILKES, CHARLES. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. 14 folding maps, 64 plates, numerous text illustrations. 6 volumes, including the atlas. Imperial 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, minor wear, faded to brown; moderate foxing; uncut, one of 1000; Boston bookseller tags on front pastedowns, early library bookplates on front pastedowns, library catalogue numbers painted on spines, small inked library stamps to title pages and plates. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845

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regular first trade edition. "The first United States scientific expedition by sea"--Howes W414 ("aa"). The six vessels under Wilkes's command surveyed thousands of miles of Pacific coast from 1838 to 1842, and made important natural history observations. Covers South America, the coast of Antarctica, the South Pacific, Hawaii, California, Manila, Singapore, and more. Ferguson 4209; Forbes, Hawaii 1574; Haskell 2B and 17B (atlas); Hill 1867.