Voyage of the U. S. Exploring Squadron, Commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842: Together ... Captain Ross, and Other Navigators and Trave - Hardcover

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Excerpt from Voyage of the U. S. Exploring Squadron, Commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842: Together With Explorations and Discoveries Made by Admiral D'urville, Captain Ross, and Other Navigators and Travellers; And an Account of the Expedition to the Dead Sea, Under Lieutenant Lynch

IT has been my main object, in the preparation of this work, to present, in an attractive and condensed form, an account of the various Expeditions mentioned in its pages, with such other information touching the places and localities described, as might be of interest to the general reader; and if the public approve of the design, additions will hereafter be made to it, treating of similar enterprises undertaken by the American government.

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