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1855 US Naval Astronomical Expedition

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Author: Gilliss, James Melville
Title: The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52
Place Published: Washington
Publisher:A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer
Date Published: 1855
Description:

2 volumes. Volumes I & II (of 4) only. xiii, [2], 556; ix, [3], 300 pp. Illustrated with 27 plates, 4 color plates, and 5 folding maps. (4to) 11¼x8¼", original pebble cloth pictorially stamped in blind and gilt with gilt spine titling. First Edition.

Report of an illuminating expedition to Chile and Argentina, the third official U.S. exploring expedition after those of Wilkes (to the Pacific) and Lynch (to Palestine). Much more than astronomy was studied, and there are numerous reports on the flora and fauna, people, settlements, archeology, etc., of the region. Noteworthy as well for the superb color lithograph ornithological plates, the detailed engravings of fish and reptiles, the accurate maps, and the striking, large fold-out panorama of Santiago. Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.602; Sabin 27419.

Condition

Light shelfwear, fraying at edges, one spine gutter repaired; spines shaken, foxing and minor dampstain, very good.

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1855 US Naval Astronomical Expedition

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