Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition
Subtitle: during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
By: by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., commander of the Expedition ... ; with illustrations and maps ; five volumes
Contributors: Cartography Associates; David Rumsey Collection
Series: [United States Exploring Expedition -- v. 1-5]; David Rumsey Collection digital maps
Publisher: Lea and Blanchard
Published: 1845
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Discovery and exploration; Description and travel; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Notes: Half-title: United States Exploring Expedition.

On spine: United States Exploring Expedition. Vol. 1-[5].

"Stereotyped by J. Fagan. Printed by C. Sherman"--T.p. verso.

"This edition ... contains precisely the same type, page and reading matter as the one in imperial octavo, the difference between them being in the quality and size of the paper, the substitution of forty-seven wood-cuts for that number of steel vignettes in the other, the omission of the sixty-four plates, and the use of eleven of the fourteen maps, four of which are on a reduced scale"--Publishers' notice.

Vol. 1: lvi, 434 p., [2] folded leaves of plates; v. 2: xi, 476 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 3: xi, 438 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 4: xiii, 539 p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded); v. 5: xii, 558 p., [4] folded leaves of plates.

One folded table between p. [436] and [441] in v. 2.

Includes index.

Scanned raster images of original: 5 v. : ill., 11 maps ; 25 cm. + 1 atlas ([4] p., 5 folded plates : 5 maps) ; 29 cm.

Original in the David Rumsey Collection; scanned by Cartography Associates.

Haskell 3.