Wilkes Exploring Expedition to the South Seas, United States House of Representatives Congressional Document, 25th Congress, 2d Session, Exec. Doc. No. 147, 1838.
Washington DC: United States House of Representatives, 1838. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 630pp including index. Modern red gilt buckram, with gilt title at spine, marbled end papers. Internally, first few pages toned; sml tears at the bottom edge of p7, o/w very good.
This record was published as the expedition was getting under way; much of it concerns provisioning for the expeditionary trip to the South Seas and Antarctica. It includes all correspondence relating to the preparations of the voyage sent to the President from June 1836 till February 1838 6 months before the expedition sailed. The United States Exploring Expedition became known as the Wilkes Expedition. Otherwise very good condition. Item #14233
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