1854 Exploration of Amazon Brazil South America Voyages Illustrated Herndon RARE

HERNDON, William Lewis

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Commander William Lewis Herndon was one of the US Navy’s outstanding explorers and seamen. In 1851 the secretary of the Navy appointed Herndon to lead the first American expedition into the Amazon Valley. He cataloged the scientific and commercial observations requested by Congress, but he filed his report as a narrative, creating an intimate portrait of an exotic land before the outside world rushed in.

 

Herndon described his adventures with such insight, such compassion and wit, and such literary grace that he came to symbolize the new spirit of exploration and discovery sweeping mid-19th-century America.

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1854 Exploration of Amazon Brazil South America Voyages Illustrated Herndon RARE

 

Commander William Lewis Herndon was one of the US Navy’s outstanding explorers and seamen. In 1851 the secretary of the Navy appointed Herndon to lead the first American expedition into the Amazon Valley. He cataloged the scientific and commercial observations requested by Congress, but he filed his report as a narrative, creating an intimate portrait of an exotic land before the outside world rushed in.

 

Herndon described his adventures with such insight, such compassion and wit, and such literary grace that he came to symbolize the new spirit of exploration and discovery sweeping mid-19th-century America.

 

Item number: #14547

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HERNDON, William Lewis

 

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon

 

Washington: Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1854.

 

Details:

  • Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
    • Vol 1: [iii], [1], 417
    • Maps Part
      • 3 folding maps
    • Language: English
    • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
      • Cloth
      • Maps volume separated at spine
    • Size: ~9.25in X 6in (23.5cm x 15.5cm)

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14547

Category

Voyages & Exploration & Maps

Authors

HERNDON, William Lewis

Printing Date

19th Century

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete