Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman, 1850. Popular Edition. Hardcover. Good. 64 excellent steel-plate engravings, with 12 of 13 maps (Samoa map apparently never inserted), many vignettes and woodcuts.. Octavos, half brown calf, blue marbled boards, edges and endpapers; vol. 1 rebacked retaining original back and leather labels, scuffing and wear to other spines corners worn.

Wilkes' expedition was the first American scientific exploring expedition by sea voyage. His six ships sailed south around South America, along Antarctica (causing Wilkes to decide that Antarctica was indeed a separate continent). Other stops were at the Pacific islands of Tahiti, the Samoas, Australia, and New Zealand. Maps of Tahiti, & Australia and New South Wales Along the way they charted the coasts of California, Washington and Oregon. [Howes W414; Palau 375505; Sabin 103994 note; see Cowan p.683; Taylor, PACIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY, p.13]. "Wilkes' spectacular Antarctic and South Sea explorations - Goetzmann, ARMY EXPLORATION IN THE ... WEST p.61" 64 excellent steel-plate engravings, many vignettes and woodcuts. Unlike the 1844 edition, the following Sherman editions did not have a 6th volume - the Atlas, but have 3 Tables and 11 maps

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Bookseller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: DEMO014460I
Title: NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION,
Author: WILKES, Charles, U.S.N
Illustrator: 64 excellent steel-plate engravings, with 12 of 13 maps (Samoa map apparently never inserted), many vignettes and woodcuts.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Popular Edition
Publisher: Printed by C. Sherman
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1850
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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.

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