The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the southern hemisphere, during the years 1849-'50-'51-'52
Subtitle: supplementary papers ...
Contributors: MacRae, Archibald, 1820-1855; Gilliss, J. M. (James Melville), 1811-1865; Smith, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence), 1818-1883; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887; Cassin, John, 1813-1869; Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866; Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Brackenridge, William D. (William Dunlop), 1810-1893; Wyman, Jeffries, 1814-1874; Conrad, T. A. (Timothy Abbott), 1803-1877
Publisher: A.O.P. Nicholson, printer
Published: 1855
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Scientific expeditions; Description and travel; Paleontology; Natural history; Botany; Indians of South America; Antiquities; Mineralogy; United States Naval Astronomical Expedition (1849-1852)
Other titles: Astronomical Expedition; U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition : the southern hemisphere, 1849-52.
Notes: Sabin 27419 lists the projected 6-volume set, vols. 4 and 5 of which were never published.

This collection of suppl. papers is without imprint. Date from Introd., typesigned J.M.G. [i.e. J.M. Gillis].

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Andes and Pampas (parts I and II) / by Lieut. Archibald MacRae; title: Minerals / by J. Lawrence Smith; title: Indian remains / by Thomas Ewbank; title: Mammals / by Spencer F. Baird; title: Birds / by John Cassin; title: Reptiles, fishes, and Crustacea / by Charles Girard; title: Shells / by A.A. Gould; title: Dried plants / by Asa Gray; title: Living plants and seeds / by William D. Brackenridge; title: Fossil mammals / by Jeffries Wyman; title: Fossil shells / by T.A. Conrad.