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Book Review of Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

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