Magnificent voyagers
Subtitle: the U.S. exploring expedition, 1838-1842
By: Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis, editors ; with the assistance of Jan S. Danis and Sharon D. Galperin.
Contributors: Viola, Herman J.; Margolis, Carolyn.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Description: Account of the activities, chronology, mapping and botanical and zoological collections of the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842, which mapped 1500 miles of the Antarctic coast and proved that the continent exists. Published in connection with the exhibition 'Magnificent Voyagers' organized by the National Museum of Natural History and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 271-285.
Maps on lining papers.
Includes index.