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Partie de l'Arabie by Philippe Vandermaelen( )

11 editions published in 1827 in French and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Partie de l'Amérique russe by Philippe Vandermaelen( )

11 editions published in 1827 in French and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Partie de la Colombie by Philippe Vandermaelen( )

10 editions published in 1827 in French and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Partie de la Plata by Philippe Vandermaelen( )

10 editions published in 1827 in French and held by 86 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A chart shewing part of the coast of N.W. America : with the tracks of His Majesty's Sloop Discovery and Armed Tender Chatham by George Vancouver( )

7 editions published in 1798 in English and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vermont, from actual survey by Mathew Carey( )

5 editions published between 1795 and 1814 in English and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The state of South Carolina : from the best authorities by Samuel Lewis( )

4 editions published between 1795 and 1814 in English and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

United States by Rand McNally and Company( )

6 editions published between 1830 and 1922 in English and held by 74 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 by Charles Wilkes( )

1 edition published in 1845 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The United States Exploring Expedition was the first American scientific expedition of any size, charged to "extend the bounds of Science and promote the acquisition of knowledge," and was one of the most ambitious Pacific expeditions ever attempted' (Forbes). The expedition represents 'the first governmental sponsorship of scientific endeavor and was instrumental in the nation's westward expansion. Specimens gathered by expedition scientists became the foundation collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Significant American contributions in the fields of geology, botany, conchology, anthropology, and linguistics came from the scientific work of the expedition. Wilkes's evaluations of his landfalls influenced later U.S. positions in those areas' (Dictionary of American Biography). 'The chief fields of exploration in this expedition were the coast of the Antarctic continent, the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and the American northwest coast. In total some 280 islands in the Pacific and adjacent waters and 800 miles of streams and coasts in the Oregon country were surveyed, and 1,600 miles of the the coast of Antarctica were charted. After leaving Hampton Roads in 1838, the expedition visited Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, Brazil, Patagonia, the South Shetland Islands, Peter Island, Chile, and Peru, before proceeding to the Tuamotu or the low Archipelago, the Samoa Islands, and New South Wales. From Sydney, Wilkes sailed into the region now known as Wilkesland in Antarctica. He visited New Zealand, Tonga, the Fiji group, and the Hawaiian Islands in 1840, and in 1841 explored the west coast of North America. Much valuable information is given on the Columbia River, the Willamette Valley, Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Sacramento Valley, and the findings on the northwest coast of America proved timely in light of the dispute with Great Britain over the Oregon Territory. The Wilkes expedition also visited San Francisco bay and the Sacramento River. Crossing the Pacific, Wilkes called at the Philippine Islands, the Sulu Archipelago, Borneo, Singapore, and, rounding the Cape of Good Hope, finally reached New York in 1842, having sailed round the world'

History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri : thence across the Rocky mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific ocean, performed during the years 1804-5-6 ; by order of the government of the United States by Meriwether Lewis( )

1 edition published in 1814 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide