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Magnificent voyagers : the U.S. exploring expedition, 1838-1842 / Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis, editors ; with the assistance of Jan S. Danis and Sharon D. Galperin.

Magnificent voyagers : the U.S. exploring expedition, 1838-1842 / Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis, editors ; with the assistance of Jan S. Danis and Sharon D. Galperin.
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ISBN 0874749468 (alk. paper)
087474945X (pbk.)
Title Magnificent voyagers : the U.S. exploring expedition, 1838-1842 / Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis, editors ; with the assistance of Jan S. Danis and Sharon D. Galperin.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985.
Description 303 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.
Note Maps on lining papers.
Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 271-285.
Contents The story of the U.S. Exploring Expedition / Herman J. Viola -- Expedition botany : the making of a new profession / Richard H. Eyde -- Vertebrate collections : lost opportunities / George E. Watson -- The invertebrates of the U.S. Exploring Expedition / Frederick M. Bayer -- James Dwight Dana and Pacific geology / Daniel E. Appleman -- Anthropology and the U.S. Exploring Expedition / Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- Ships and squadron logistics / Philip K. Lundeberg --Surveying and charting the Pacific basin / Ralph E. Ehrenberg, John A. Wolter, and Charles A. Burroughs -- Charles Wilkes : a biography / Joyce Leonhart -- Charles Wilkes as diplomat / E. Jeffrey Stann -- The National Gallery at the Patent Office / Douglas E. Evelyn.
The Exploring Expedition and the Smithsonian Institution / Nathan Reingold and Marc Rothenberg.
Subjects United States Exploring Expedition(1838-1842)
Explorers -- United States
Scientific expeditions -- Pacific area
Scientific expeditions -- Atlantic area
Natural history
Voyages around the world
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Viola, Herman J.
Margolis, Carolyn
Call number EDWARDS 973.57 MAG
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