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Description edit
America’s first frontier was not the West; it was the sea. This is about one of the most ambitious voyages of discovery the Western world has ever seen—the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838– 1842. On a scale that dwarfed the journey of Lewis and Clark, six magnificent sailing vessels and a... read more
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People edit
- Alexander Caulfield Anderson: The "red-coat" in charge of Fort Nisqually when Wilkes arrived there.
First Sentence edit
Most sailors did not refer to it as the Pacific Ocean.
Table of Contents edit
Preface: Young Ambition
Part 1
1. The Great South Sea
2. TheDeplorable Expedition
3. Most Glorious Hopes
Part 2
4. At Sea
5. The Turning Point
6. Commodore of the Pacific
7. Antarctica
8. A New Continent
Part 3
9. The Cannibal Isles
10. Massacre at Malolo
11. Mauna Loa
12. The Wreck of the Peacock
13. Homeward Bound
Part 4
14. Reckoning
15. This Thing Called Science
16. Legacy
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nathaniel Philbrick (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: England
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0007121156
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: England
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0007121156
Page Count: 416
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: GN663 .P485
- Dewey: 910
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