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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Philbrick, Nathaniel.     Subjects     Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.     United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)     Ethnological expeditions -- History -- 19th century.     Ethnology -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Ethnology -- Oceania -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Philbrick, Nathaniel.       by title:      Sea of glory [electr...         MARC Display

Sea of glory [electronic resource] : America's voyage of discovery : the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / Nathaniel Philbrick. by Philbrick, Nathaniel. New York : Penguin Books, 2004. Subjects Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.   United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)   Ethnological expeditions -- History -- 19th century.   Ethnology -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   Ethnology -- Oceania -- History -- 19th century. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=620B0EF2-7F75-4474-8DBF-9973E2136B7E This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1523-1/{620B0EF2-7F75-4474-8DBF-9973E2136B7E}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781440645549 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 144064554X (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 9781440649103 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 1440649103 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) Requests:  0 Summary:  The U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 was one of the most ambitious undertakings of the nineteenth century and one of the largest voyages of discovery the Western world had ever seen - six magnificent sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds that included botanists, geologists, mapmakers, and biologists, all under the command of the young, brash Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. Their goal was to cover the Pacific Ocean, top to bottom, and to plant the American flag around the world. Four years after embarking, they returned to the United States having accomplished this and much more. They discovered a new southern continent, which Wilkes would name Antarctica. They were the first Americans to survey the treacherous Columbia River, the first to chart dozens of newly discovered islands all across the Pacific. They explored volcanoes in Hawaii, confirmed Charles Darwin's theory of the formation of coral atoll, and collected thousands of specimens that eventually became the foundation of the Smithsonian's scientific collections..   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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