EXPLORATIONS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. Made under Direction of the Navy Department

Herndon, W., L. Gibbon

Editore: House of Representitives, Executive Document No. 53. Washington, D.C., 1854

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Volumes I and II. Volume I: iv, 414 pages, 16 plates. Cover is worn, and pages show light to--in a few cases--moderate foxing. Volume II: x, 339 pages, 36 plates. Pages show very light foxing. Maroon cloth covers, faded; outer spine reinforced with clear binder's tape, innerfron hinge of Vol. I reinforced. Sabin 31524. One of the earlier and scientifically more important expeditions to the Amazon, the 1850-51 expedition was considered a seminal journey, and devoted considerable time to the ethnology and, ".remarkable antiquities" of the indigenous population.

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• Titolo: EXPLORATIONS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. Made under Direction of the Navy Department
• Editore: House of Representitives, Executive Document No. 53. Washington, D.C.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1854
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
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