Theory of the winds
By: by Charles Wilkes ; read before the American Scientific Association at Providence, August 20th, 1855 ; accompanied by a map of the world, showing the extent and direction of the winds ; to which is added Sailing directions for a voyage around the world, by the same author.
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1856
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Winds.; Navigation.
Other titles: Sailing directions for a voyage around the world.
Notes: Running title, p. 48-116: Hydrography.
Imprint covered by label: New York: G. P. Putnam & co., 1856.
"The theory of the winds, which is now for the first time published, has been prepared for several years and is printed in the Hydrography, being the XVII (i.e. 23d) volume of the government edition of the United States Exploring Expedition."--Introd.