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Search - Sea Of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
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Sea Of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 Author: |
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Other Versions of this Book: Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Hardcover, Hardcover
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In this maritime history, Philbrick recreates the ambitious scientific excursion of 1838--the U.S. Exploring Expedition--whose mission was to chart the Pacific and collect samples of life forms. Highly successful in scientific terms, it became controversial because of the loss of ships and men, and resulted in a court-martial. Though almost forgotten by history, this expedition is seen by Philbrick to be as important as the expedition of Lewis and Clark. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
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excellent book - we liked it so much we had two copies, Philbrook is a national book award winner. great historical nonfiction
The author is a Naional Book Award winner. In this book, he writes aout the harrowing story about the expediation of six salling ships who, from 1838-1842 mapped the Pacific Ocean and in the process discovered Antarctica, and became the predecessor of the Smithsonian Institute.
Linda C. ("SEA OF GLORY is a gripping sea story like no other, a rare page-turner amoung historical works." - Seattle Post-Intelligener
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