Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Vydání 3Lea and Blanchard, 1845 Trade or public edition of Wilkes's narrative of the expedition directed to the general reader. The expedition roved from the southern most tip of South America to the Oregon coast, through the south and north Pacific and Antarctic waters. In the course of the expedition many locations were visited: Brazil, Patagonia, Chile, Peru, Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Borneo, the Philippines, Singapore with extended stays at Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. This and all eds later than 1845 appeared without an atlas. |
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Strana 187
... examination , that there was a reef that had not been surveyed , orders were sent for the tender to return to Levuka , which she did on the following day , and on the next I sent her , with Lieutenant Underwood , to examine the reef off ...
... examination , that there was a reef that had not been surveyed , orders were sent for the tender to return to Levuka , which she did on the following day , and on the next I sent her , with Lieutenant Underwood , to examine the reef off ...
Strana 254
... examination . But , from the nature of the service , and working against time , as we were constantly obliged to do , I found it impossible , and particularly so now , as our provisions were at a low ebb , and we could not procure any ...
... examination . But , from the nature of the service , and working against time , as we were constantly obliged to do , I found it impossible , and particularly so now , as our provisions were at a low ebb , and we could not procure any ...
Strana 437
... examination was put a stop to , as he , being informed by them of all the statements made by the confession of his brother , was directly on his guard not to implicate any one by his answers . From circumstantial evidence , and the ...
... examination was put a stop to , as he , being informed by them of all the statements made by the confession of his brother , was directly on his guard not to implicate any one by his answers . From circumstantial evidence , and the ...
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