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Herndon's report. S.l., s.d. [1854], 3 cartes dpliantes , en feuilles dans chemise de percaline brune de l'diteur, dos lisse muet, encadrements froid sur les plats, titre pouss en lettres dores [plat suprieur] et froid [plat infrieur] sur les plats, charnire suprieure entirement fendue, une dchirure la dernire carte. Trs rare portefeuille servant d'atlas partiel aux deux volumes de l'Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon (1853-1854), qui formaient un rapport dtaill auprs du Snat amricain de la mission d'exploration de la valle amazonienne confie en 1851 deux jeunes officiers de la Navy, William Lewis Herndon (1813-1857) et Lardner A. Gibbon.Cf. Sabin 31 524. Les deux volumes comprennent par ailleurs 52 cartes. 1. Map of the Valley of the Amazon to accompany Lt. Herndon's report, drawn by H. C. Elliot. - 2. Plan del curso de los rios Hullaga y Ucayali y de la pampa del Sacramento, levantado por Fr. Manuel Sobreviela, guardian del colegio de Ocopa en 1790, corregido y aadido en 1830 segun las noticias apuntes y diarios mas nuevos por Don Amadeo Chaumette des Fosses. - 3. Map of the rivers Huallaca, Ucayali & Amazon, from the observations by Wm. L. Herndon.
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