Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition.
Subtitle: During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.
By: By Charles Wilkes ... with illustrations and maps. In five volumes.
Publisher: Lea and Blanchard
Published: 1845
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Oceania -- Discovery and exploration; South America -- Description and travel; Hawaii -- Description and travel; Oregon -- Description and travel; Antarctica
Other titles: United States Exploring Expedition
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Smithsonian Institution Web site.
Also available in microform.
On verso of t.p.: Stereotyped by J. Fagan. Printed by C. Sherman.
"...This edition ... contains ... 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."--Publisher's notice.