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United States Exploring Expedition : by authority of Congress.
- Title
- United States Exploring Expedition : by authority of Congress.
- Author
- United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Printed by C. Sherman, 1844-1874.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| v. 17 | Text | Request in advance | PQH+ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition) v. 17 | Offsite | |
| v. 14 | Text | Request in advance | PQH+ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition) v. 14 | Offsite | |
| v. 13 | Text | Request in advance | PQH+ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition) v. 13 | Offsite | |
| v. 8 (1858) - Atlas mammalogy and ornithology. | Text | Oversize | PQH+++ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition) v. 8 (1858) - Atlas mammalogy and ornithology. | Offsite | |
| v. 6. Ethnography and philology | Text | Request in advance | PQH+ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition) v. 6. Ethnography and philology | Offsite | |
| v. [12 ] atlas (imperfect: pl. 1-52 wanting) | Text | Oversize | PQH+++ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition) v. [12 ] atlas (imperfect: pl. 1-52 wanting) | Offsite | |
| v. [13 ] Atlas. Crustacea | Text | Oversize | PQH+++ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition) v. [13 ] Atlas. Crustacea | Offsite |
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- 20 v. : ill., (some col.), maps, charts (some col.), music; 33 cm. +
- Subjects
- Note
- Publication never completed. Five vols. are unpublished; v.18.Botany / by Asa Gray; v.19. Geographical distribution of animals and plants / by Charles Pickering; v.21-22.Ichthyology / by Louis Agassiz; v.24.Physics / by Charles Wilkes. Vol.19, pt.2, p.1-524 was printed, left in sheets, and later cut, bound and issued by the Library of Congress.
- Pub. under act of Congress of Aug. 26, 1842.
- V. 1-5 entitled: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes, in five volumes, and an atlas (v. 1-5 and atlas).
- V. 6-23 entitled: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.
- Edition of 100 copies.
- Indexed In (note)
- Ferguson
- Haskell, Daniel C. The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and its publications 1844-1874 : a bibliography
- Contents
- v.1-5.Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition/ by Charles Wilkes. (+ Atlas of 5 charts)--v.6.Ethnography and philology / by Horatio Hale--v.7.Zoophytes / by James D. Dana (+ Atlas of 61 plates)--v. 8.Mammology and ornithology / by John Cassin. (+ Atlas of 42 plates, 1858)--v.9.Races of man / by Charles Pickering--v.10.Mollusca & shells/ by James D. Dana (+ Atlas of 29 plates)--v.11.Meteorology / by Charles Wilkes--v.12.Mollusca & shells / by Augustus A. Gould. (+ Atlas 16 p., 52 plates, 1856) -- v.13-14.Crustacea, pt.1-2. (+ Atlas of 96 plates, 1855)--v.15.Botany, part 1 / by Asa Gray (+ Atlas of 100 plates) v.16.Botany / by William D. Brackenridge (+ Atlas of 46 plates)--v.17.Botany / ed. by Asa Gray--v.18. [Unpublished]--v.19. [no official issue] Geographical distribution of animals and plants / by Charles Pickering--v.20.Herpetology / [by Charles Girard] (+ atlas of 23 plates)--v.21.[Unpublished]--v.22. [Unpublished]--v.23.Hydrography / by C. Wilkes (+ Atlas of 106 charts in 2v.)--v.24.[Unpublished]
- Call Number
- PQH+ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition)
- OCLC
- 219868952
- Conference
- United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
- Title
- United States Exploring Expedition : by authority of Congress.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia : Printed by C. Sherman, 1844-1874.
- Indexed In:
- Ferguson, 3954Haskell, Daniel C. The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and its publications 1844-1874 : a bibliography
- Added Author
- Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895.Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition.
- Research Call Number
- PQH+ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition)PQH+++ (United States. Navy Department. United States exploring expedition) Library has: Atlases.