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The Great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842
by Stanton, William
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1975. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [9.75x7in]. x, 731 [1], notes, bibliographical note, index, many illustrations in text; Gray spotted linen covers with gilt lettering on dark blue on spine, blue end papers with maps of expedition, all edges trimmed; Blue dust jacket with white letter and background illustration of ship in an ice field; Minor small chips to dust-jacket edged and corners with minor rubbing, price clipped. This was the first United States sponsored scientific exploring expedition to the Antarctic, Pacific islands and West coast. Lieutenant Charles Wilkes left Norfolk with six ships to explore and chart islands, which many of the fine survey charts were in use 100 years later. One of the concepts for the expedition was to determine if the earth really was hollow at with access at its poles. However, sailing to Antarctica only a frozen coastline was discovered and mapped. The vast cultural and scientific collections were part of the founding of the National Museum, the Naval Observatory and National Botanical Gardens. Congress commissioned a five volume book, with atlas of charts, by Wilkes on the expedition and many popular reprints were made.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12949
- Title
- The Great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842
- Author
- Stanton, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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About the Seller
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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Sebastopol, California
About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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