Full title: United States Exploring Expedition : by authority of Congress.

Author/creator: Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895, Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842).

Date: 1844-1874..

Call Numbers: SAFE/X919.8904/1 SET, DSM/X508.9/7, X508/8, DSM/X508/5, DSM/X508/6, X508.9/6, DSM/X508/4, DSM/X508/3, DSM/X508.9/5

Record Identifier: 74VvdJb3oQOl

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 20 v. : ill., (some col.), maps, charts (some col.), music ; 33 cm. + + 10 atlases (10 v. in 11; 33-57 cm.), v.1-5. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition/ by Charles Wilkes. (+ Atlas of 5 charts) --v. 6. Ethnography and philology / by Horatio Hale -- v. 7. Zoophytes / by James D. Dana (+ Atlas of 61 plates) -- v. 8. Mammology and ornithology / by John Cassin. (+ Atlas of 53 plates) -- v. 9. Races of man / by Charles Pickering -- v.10. Geology / by James D. Dana (+ Atlas of 29 plates) -- v. 11. Meteorology / by Charles Wilkes -- v. 12. Mollusca & shells / by Augustus A. Gould. (+ Atlas of 52 plates) -- v. 13-14. Crustacea, pt.1-2. (+ Atlas of 96 plates) -- v. 15. Botany, part 1 / by Asa Gray (+ Atlas of 100 plates) v. 16. Botany / by William D. Brackenridge (+ Atlas of 46 plates) -- v. 17. Botany / ed. by Asa Gray -- v. 18. Unpublished] -- v. 19. [no official issue] Geographical distribution of animals and plants / by Charles Pickering -- v. 20. Herpetology / [by Charles Girard] (+ atlas of 23 plates) --v. 21. [Unpublished] -- v. 22. [Unpublished] -- v. 23. Hydrography / by C. Wilkes (+ Atlas of 106 charts in 2v.) -- v. 24. [Unpublished]

Publishers: Philadelphia : Printed by C. Sherman, 1844-1874.

Access: Copyright status: Out of copyright. Mitchell Library copies at SAFE/ X919.8904/ 1 SET : Supervised access only by appointment through Manager Access & Information. Please acknowledge: State Library of New South Wales.

Notes: Edition of 100 copies. Pub. under act of Congress of Aug. 26, 1842. Publication never completed. Five vols. are unpublished; v.18.Botany / by Asa Gray; v.19. Geographical distribution of animals and plants / by Charles Pickering; v.21-22.Ichthyology / by Louis Agassiz; v.24.Physics / by Charles Wilkes. Vol.19, pt.2, p.1-524 was printed, left in sheets, and later cut, bound and issued by the Library of Congress. V. 1-5 entitled: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes, in five volumes, and an atlas (v. 1-5 and atlas) V. 6-23 entitled: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Mitchell Library copy of vol. 6 of the text does not have "Vol. VI" printed on t. p. Vol. 7 of the text contains the rare "Preface" which in this copy has been bound upside down. Both copies of the vol. 7 atlas have plate no. 27 misnumbered '30'. Vol. 8 of the text is by Cassin. Both copies of the vol. 8 atlas have plate 42 in the second state. See Haskell for a detailed explanation of these points. Mitchell Library set at SAFE/X919.8904/1 donated as a bicentennial gift by Mr. R. W. Bruce Reid of the Minnamurra Foundation (subsequently the Bruce and Joy Reid Foundation). Set is imperfect, wanting v. 9, v. 10 + atlas, v. 11, v. 14 + atlas to v. 13-14, v. 16 + atlas, and v. 1 of the atlas to v. 23. Seven additional atlases are held at: DSM/X508/3-6, DSM/X508.9/5 & 7, and X508.9/6. See holdings list for details. The copies with the DSM prefix are signed 'D. S. Mitchell'.

Citation / references note: Haskell, Daniel C. The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and its publications 1844-1874 : a bibliography. Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 3954.

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