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019 864832842
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020 9780142004838|q(paperback)
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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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