Jenkins, John S.
Voyage of the U. S. Exploring Squadron, Commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842; 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.
Auburn: James M. Alden, 1850.
First edition. 8vo. pp. xxii, [23]-517; 8 plates, one sketch map; light marginal embrowning, else very good in the original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, inner hinges neatly repaired, expertly restored to extremities.
Renard 797; Haskell 161; Hill 154. “A condensation of Wilkes’ Narrative and W. F. Lynch’s Narrative of the United States’ Expedition to the River Jordan and the Red Sea” (Haskell). The bulk of the book is devoted to the U. S. Exploring Expedition under Wilkes, and Jenkins gives an account of the Antarctic episode during the expedition in chapter 11.
£375
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