UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS. Voyage of the U.S. exploring squadron, commanded

by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842 by John Jenkins

A$600 · Offered by Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

together with explorations and discoveries made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross, and other navigators and travellers; and an account of the expedition to the Dead Sea, under Lieutenant Lynch. Pp. 518 last blank + 8 advertisements, last blank , 8 plates, engraved vignette title page with tissue guard, 1 full page illustration, 1 full page map; med. 8vo; rebound in modern dark brown textured cloth, the spine lettered in gilt; later endpapers, bookplate on upper pastedown, archival tape repair

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