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The Wilkes expedition : the first United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / David B. Tyler.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tyler, David Budlong, 1899-1993, author.
- Series:
- Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 73.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842).
- United States Exploring Expedition.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 435 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, Independence Square, 1968.
- Contents:
- Cheers and sneers
- Disorganization and delay
- Shake up
- Shake down
- First Antarctic venture
- The broad pennant
- Charting the Paumotu group of coral atolls
- Tahiti
- The Samoan Islands
- Down under
- Wilkes land
- The Fijis
- An act of hostility
- Rendezvous at Honolulu
- Sandwich Islands interlude
- Cruise of the Porpoise
- Oregon Territory
- East of the Cascades
- Midsummer in Oregon
- Return to Samoa
- Survey of central Pacific islands
- The Peacock's last days
- Survey of the Columbia River
- Overland to California
- On to Yerba Buena
- San Francisco Bay
- Heading for home
- The last leg
- Home again
- The courts-martial
- First fruits
- Destiny made manifest
- The scientific reports.
- Notes:
- "Copyright ©1968 by The American Philosophical Society"--verso of title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-427) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- Kislak Center copy retains dust jacket.
- OCLC:
- 444059
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