Sea of Glory America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

Name: Sea of Glory America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
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ISBN: 9780142004838

ISBN-10: 0142004839

ISBN-13: 9780142004838

Edition: 2003

Authors: Nathaniel Philbrick

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Americas first frontier was not the West; it was the seaand no one writes more eloquently about that watery wilderness than Nathaniel Philbrick. In his bestselling In the Heart of the SeaPhilbrick probed the nightmarish dangers of the vast Pacific. Now, in an epic sea adventure, he writes about one of the most ambitious voyages of discovery the Western world has ever seenthe U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838 1842. On a scale that dwarfed the journey of Lewis and Clark, six magnificent sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds set out to map the entire Pacific Oceanand ended up naming the newly discovered continent of Antarctica, collecting what would become the basis of the Smithsonian…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 10/26/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface: Young Ambition






The Great South Sea



The Deplorable Expedition



Most Glorious Hopes






At Sea



The Turning Point



Commodore of the Pacific



Antarctica



A New Continent






The Cannibal Isles



Massacre at Malolo



Mauna Loa



The Wreck of the Peacock



Homeward Bound






Reckoning



This Thing Called Science



Legacy


Epilogue


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index