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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 [SIGNED COPY]
by Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 067003231X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670032310
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 067003231X . SIGNED by the author on the first bland end paper. Charles Wilkes was commander of a fleet of six ships with hundreds who would explore the vast Pacific, chart the Columbia River, discover Antarctica, and more in one of the most ambitious voyages of discovery undertaken in the 19th century. Contains an index, source notes, and a bibliography in the rear. Original publisher's black cloth spine over red paper covers with gilt spine lettering. There is a very small remainder mark on the bottom edge, else This is a nice clean, unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The dust jacket in has a "Signed Copy" sticker on the front (could be removed) and a short tear to the top at the spine and a little wear to the bottom and top of the spine, else the jacket is in similarly nice condition with no chips or markings. The dust jacket is now in a protective, removable, acetate cover. ; B&W Illustrations, Photos & Maps; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 452 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
"Among the best books of this or any other year."-Los Angeles Times Book ReviewAmerica's first frontier was not the West; it was the sea-and no one writes more eloquently about that watery wilderness than Nathaniel Philbrick. In his bestselling In the Heart of the Sea Philbrick probed the nightmarish dangers of the vast Pacific. Now, in an epic sea adventure, he writes about one of the most ambitious voyages of discovery the Western world has ever seen-the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838– 1842. On a scale that dwarfed the journey of Lewis and Clark, six magnificent sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean-and ended up naming the newly discovered continent of Antarctica, collecting what would become the basis of the Smithsonian Institution, and much more.
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20783
- Title
- Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 [SIGNED COPY]
- Author
- Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 067003231X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670032310
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- 067003231X, Exploration, Ethnology, Pacific Ocean, Antarctica, United States
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