http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0368729
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creator: Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877
issued: 2018-06-25
issued: 1845
description: “Half-title: United States exploring expedition, by authority of Congress. Vol. 10 atlas has imprint: New York, G.P. Putnam; London, Putnam's American Agency [n.d.] Published under Act of Congress of Aug. 26, 1842. Publication never completed; the complex bibliographical history has been thoroughly documented by D.C. Haskell. Official edition limited to 100 copies. Wilkes was allowed copyright on his Narrative (no.609) and several editions were published. Later similar privileges were extended to the authors of other volumes, and 100 to 150 additional copies of each were published. The expedition visited Fort Vancouver and other establishments, reporting minutely on conditions observed and reported from New Caledonia by P.S. Ogden. The surveying of the northwest coast included Haro Strait, Fraser River to Fort Langley, and the southern end of Vancouver Island. Contents: vols. 1-5. Wilkes, C. Narrative. 1844. 5 vols. And atlas (no.609).- vol.6. Hale, H. Ethnography and philology. 1846. 1 vol. (no.242).- vol.7. Dana, J.D. Zoophytes. 1849. 1 vol. and atlas.- vol.8. Cassin, J. Mammalogy and ornithology. 1858. 1 vol. and atlas.- vol. 9. Pickering, C. The races of man and their geographical distribution. 1848. 1 vol.- vol. 10. Dana, J.D. Geology. 1849. 1 vol. and atlas.- vol 11. WiIkes, C. Meteorology. 1851. 1 vol.- vol. 12. Gould, A.G. Mollusca and shells. 1856. 1 vol. and atlas.- vols.13-14. Dana, J.D. Crustacea. 1855 [i.e. 1861] 1 vol. in 2 and atlas.- vol. 15. Gray, A. Botany. Phanerogamia. pt.1. 1856. 1 vol. and atlas [no more published]- vol.16. Brackenridge, W.D. Botany. Cryptogamia, Fileces, including Lycopodiaceae and Hydropterides. 1855. 1 vol. and atIas.- vo1.17. Sullivant, W. [and others] Botany ... , ed. by Asa Gray. 1874.- vol.18 [never published]-vol.19 [Pickering, C.S. Geographical distribution of animals and plants. Section one printed in sheets but not issued. Sections 1 and 2 only, issued unofficially] 1854.- vol.20. [Girard,C.] Herpetology. 1858. 1 vol…
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extent: xv, 438 pages : frontispiece, portraits, illustrations, tables ; 34 cm
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note: UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION. NARBATIVE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. CHARLES WILKES, U. S. N. IN FIVE VOLUMES, AND AN ATLAS. VOL. III. PHILADELPHIA: LEA & BLANCHARD. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. DESTROYED—RETURN O] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME III. jn by A. T. Agate. Engraved by J. Si Drawn by A. T. Agate. Engraved by J. B. Nea| Sketched by A. T. Agate.t Engraved by J. J. Butler, Sketched by J. Drayton. Engraved by J. J. Butler, Sketched by A. T. Agate.t Engraved by R. S. Gilbert Toka. Mode or Bourn* Cooking-Jars. Sketched by A. T. Agate.t Engraved by I Sketched by A. T. Agate.t Engraved by B Sketched by J. Drayton.t Engraved by R. Sketched by A. T. Agate.t Engraved by R From the Collectioni Engraved by J. J. B . Pease, 349 CHAPTER I. CONTENTS. NARRATIVE THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION. CHAPTER I. TONGATABOO. Having completed such repairs as were necessary, the Vincennes, with the Porpoise and Flying-Fish in company, sailed from the Bay of Islands on the 6th April, for Tongataboo. I believe that no person in the squadron felt any regret at leaving New Zealand, for there was a want of all means of amusement, as well as of any objects in whose observation we were interested. We had at first a light breeze from the northward and westward, followed by a calm, after which the wind came round to the southward. The weather was remarkably pleasant. Cape Brett, according to our observations, is erroneously placed in the charts, which make it forty-two minutes too far to the eastward. We experienced after sailing a current of eight miles to the northward in twenty-four hours. On the 8th April, the current set northeast-by- north, half a mile per hour. On the 9th, the sea was very smooth, and the day calm; and we not only tried the current, but the distance below the surface at which a white object was visible. The sun's altitude was observed at the same time. These obser…
note: An appendix starts at page 395 and runs until the end of the book. Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44134173
has type: Books
has type: Travel literature
identifier: F880 .W66 1845A
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0368729
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Philadelphia : Lea & Blanchard
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subject: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
subject: Voyages around the world
subject: Scientific expeditions
subject: United States
subject: Oceania--Discovery and exploration
subject: South America--Description and travel
subject: Hawaii--Description and travel
subject: Oregon--Description and travel
title: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838,1839,1840,1841,1842. By Charles Wilkes, U.S.N Commander of the expedition, Member of the American Philosophical Society, etc. In five volumes and an atlas. Vol. III
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