Magnificent Voyagers: the U. S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
by Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis, editors
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Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D. C., 1985. Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 304 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked semi-glossy paper. Profusely illustrated with color and B/W drawings and photographs. Smithsonian's publication commemorating the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-42, led by Lt. Charles Wilkes. The voyage produced maps of Pacific islands, and returned with the nucleus of the Smithsonian's natural history collections. Specimens included 2000 birds; 150 mammals, 1000 corals, crustacean & mollusks; 50,000 plants; fossils, minerals, rocks and some 5,000 human artifacts. The expedition established Antarctica as a continent. The book was "printed especially for Contributing Members of the Smithsonian National Associate Program in honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Natural Museum of Natural History.
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- Magnificent Voyagers
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- Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis, editors
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- Pictorial wraparound art on front cover and spine. Hinges tight, corners crisp.
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- Date Published
- 1985
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- 304
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