WILKES CHARLES Narrative of the United States Exploring Expe

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WILKES, CHARLES. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. 14 maps, 64 plates, numerous text illustrations. 6 volumes, including the atlas. Imperial 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, only minor wear; intermittent marginal dampstaining along bottom edge, pinhole in last few leaves of volume IV; unopened; one of 1000. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845

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Regular first trade edition, in remarkable condition. "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.