Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Philbrick, Nathaniel

Sea of glory America's voyage of discovery, the U.S. exploring expedition, 1838-1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick - New York Viking 2003 - xxv, 452 p.

Young ambition -- The Great South Sea -- The deplorable expedition -- Most glorious hopes -- At sea -- The turning point -- Commodore of the Pacific -- Antarctica -- A new continent --- The cannibal isles -- Massacre at Mololo -- Mauna Loa -- The wreck of the Peacock -- Homeward bound -- Reckoning -- This thing called science -- Legacy.

In 1838, the U.S. governemnt launched the largest discovery voyage the Western world had ever seen-6 sailing vessels and 346 men bound for the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Four years later, the U.S. Ex

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Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877


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