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Sea of glory : America's voyage of discovery : the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / Nathaniel Philbrick.

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  • ISBN: 067003231X
  • ISBN: 9780670032310
  • Physical Description: xxv, 452 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-436) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: Young Ambition xv -- Chapter 1. Great South Sea 3 -- Chapter 2. Deplorable Expedition 17 -- Chapter 3. Most Glorious Hopes 43 -- Chapter 4. At Sea 63 -- Chapter 5. Turning Point 87 -- Chapter 6. Commodore of the Pacific 117 -- Chapter 7. Antarctica 149 -- Chapter 8. A New Continent 169 -- Chapter 9. Cannibal Isles 189 -- Chapter 10. Massacre at Malolo 213 -- Chapter 11. Mauna Loa 233 -- Chapter 12. Wreck of the Peacock 259 -- Chapter 13. Homeward Bound 287 -- Chapter 14. Reckoning 303 -- Chapter 15. This Thing Called Science 331 -- Chapter 16. Legacy 347.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.8 26 86431.
Subject:
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Ethnological expeditions > History > 19th century.
Ethnology > Oceania > History > 19th century.
Ethnology > United States > History > 19th century.

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