1857, ISBN: da63ed2455895abb0e91b2bc104a597e

Washington: Robert Armstrong Public Printer, 1853. Occasional mild browning otherwise a very good example.. Binding: recent ¼ morocco with marbled boards, flat spine with title in gilt,… More...

Washington: Robert Armstrong Public Printer, 1853. Occasional mild browning otherwise a very good example.. Binding: recent ¼ morocco with marbled boards, flat spine with title in gilt, each spine has a different shade of morocco, but the marble boards are similar., Notes: This American expedition was first proposed by the prominent oceanographer Matthew F. Maury. He urged North American plantation owners to emigrate to the Amazon valley with their slaves to seek their fortunes. He also advocated opening the Amazon to international commerce. Maury was the brother-in-law of Lt. Herndon, a naval officer. The expedition was organized by the U.S. Navy Department and sent out to South America in the Years 1851 and 1852. The Americans traveled to Chile and to Lima, Peru, where Lt. Herndon pushed into the upper Amazon. Lt. Gibbon traveled south through Bolivia and then into the selvas of Brazil. The two groups met in Serpa, Brazil, and then continued down the Amazon River to Para. Herndon was later lost with his ship, Central America, off Cape Hatteras, in 1857. The work itself is a minute, accurate, and very interesting study on the aborigines of the Andes and on the geography of the Amazon and its tributaries. (Hill pg. 284), Size: 8vo, Illustration: 52 lithographed plates and 5 folding maps. The folding maps are usually found in two separate volumes but have been inserted into the this example., Volume: 2 volumes, References: Sabin 31524; Hill 803, Pages: Volume 1. P. 1-15, blank (2), frontis, title, blank, 3-414, blank (2), i-iii, plate listing; Volume 2. P. frontis, title, blank, iii-x, (1), 1-339., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Americas South, Robert Armstrong Public Printer, 1853, 3<

1854, ISBN: da63ed2455895abb0e91b2bc104a597e

Washington, DC: R. Armstrong/A.O.P.Nicholson, 1853-1854. fair, Part II ex-lib.. 753 tot. + maps, 3-vol. set, illus., maps, tables, appendix, foxing, lib bkplate & stamp ins fr bd v.… More...

Washington, DC: R. Armstrong/A.O.P.Nicholson, 1853-1854. fair, Part II ex-lib.. 753 tot. + maps, 3-vol. set, illus., maps, tables, appendix, foxing, lib bkplate & stamp ins fr bd v.2, bkplate & pencil notes ins fr bd v.1. Boards scuffed, small tears at spines, third volume consists of large fold-out maps to go with Part I: two maps separated from binding, small tears to map edges., R. Armstrong/A.O.P.Nicholson, 1853-1854, 2.5<

1854, ISBN: da63ed2455895abb0e91b2bc104a597e

Washington, DC: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1854. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 33d Congress, 1st Session House of Representatives, Executive, No. 53. Brown blind-stamped cloth covered boards. … More...

Washington, DC: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1854. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 33d Congress, 1st Session House of Representatives, Executive, No. 53. Brown blind-stamped cloth covered boards. 8vo, 336 pages (3 pages of the appendix missing). Rear cover and spine covering missing. Foxing. Maps & plates not present., A. O. P. Nicholson, 1854, 1<