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100 1  Philbrick, Nathaniel,|eauthor. 
245 10 Sea of glory :|bAmerica's voyage of discovery : the U.S. 
       Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 /|cNathaniel Philbrick. 
264  1 New York :|bPenguin Books,|c2004. 
300    xxv, 452 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations, maps ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Originally published in the U.S.: New York : Viking 
       Penguin, 2003. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-436) and 
       index. 
505 0  Preface: Young ambition -- Part one. The great South sea ;
       The deplorable expedition ; Most glorious hopes -- Part 
       two. At sea ; The turning point ; Commodore of the Pacific
       ; Antarctica ; A new continent -- Part three. The cannibal
       isles ; Massacre at Malolo ; Mauna Loa ; The wreck of the 
       Peacock ; Homeward bound -- Part four. Reckoning ; This 
       thing called science ; Legacy. 
520 1  "The U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 was one of the
       most ambitious undertakings of the nineteenth century and 
       one of the largest voyages of discovery the Western world 
       had ever seen--six magnificent sailing vessels and a crew 
       of hundreds that included botanists, geologists, mapmakers,
       and biologists, all under the command of the young, brash 
       Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. Their goal was to cover the 
       Pacific Ocean, top to bottom, and to plant the American 
       flag around the world. Four years after embarking, they 
       returned to the United States having accomplished this and
       much more. They discovered a new southern continent, which
       Wilkes would name Antarctica. They were the first 
       Americans to survey the treacherous Columbia River, the 
       first to chart dozens of newly discovered islands all 
       across the Pacific. They explored volcanoes in Hawaii, 
       confirmed Charles Darwin's theory of the formation of 
       coral atoll, and collected thousands of specimens that 
       eventually became the foundation of the Smithsonian's 
       scientific collections."--Jacket. 
600 10 Wilkes, Charles,|d1798-1877. 
600 17 Wilkes, Charles,|d1798-1877.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00005459 
611 20 United States Exploring Expedition|d(1838-1842) 
611 27 United States Exploring Expedition.|2fast
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648  7 1800-1899|2fast 
650  0 Ethnological expeditions|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Ethnology|zUnited States|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Ethnology|zOceania|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  7 Ethnological expeditions.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00916093 
650  7 Ethnology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00916106 
651  7 Oceania.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01242982 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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