Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
Print Book, English, 1845-1861
Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1845-1861
24 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 26-35 cm + 9 atlases ; 54-67 cm
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Vol. 1-5. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838-42 / by Charles Wilkes
v. 6. Ethnography and philology / by Horatio Hale. 1846
v. 7. Zoophytes / by James D. Dana. 1846, and atlas of 61 pl. 1849
v. 8. Mammalogy and ornithology / by John Cassin, and atlas of 53 pl. 1858
v. 9. The races of man, and their geographical distribution / by Charles Pickering. 1818
v. 10. Geology / by James D. Dana, and atlas of 21 pl. 1849
v. 11. Meteorology / by Charles Wilkes. 1851
v. 12. Mollusca & shells / by Augustus A. Gould. 1852. Atlas of 52 pl. 1856
v. 13. Crustacea / by James D. Dana. 1 v. in 2, 1852. Atlas of 96 pl. 1855
v. 15. Botany. Phanerogamia / by Asa Gray. Part 1, 1 v. , 1854. Atlas of 100 pl. 1856
v. 16. Botany. Cryptogamia. Filices, including Lycopodiaceæ and Hydropterides / by William D. Brackenridge. 1854. Atlas of 46 pl. 1855
v. 17. Botany. Cryptogamia. Musci / by William S. Sullivant. Lichenes / by Edward Tuckerman. Algæ / by J.W. Bailey and W.H. Harvey. Fungi / by M.A. Curtis and M.J. Berkeley. Phanerogamia of Pacific North America / by John Torrey. Ed. by Asa Gray, 1874
v. 20. Herpetology / prepared under the superintendence of S.F. Baird ; by Charles Girard, and atlas of 23 pl. 1858
v. 23. Hydrography / by Charles Wilkes. 1861. Atlas of 106 charts. 1858
Title on v. 6 ff.: United States exploring expedition
"In five volumes, and an atlas"--V. 1-5
This edition, known as the imperial octavo edition, includes 64 plates and 3 maps omitted from a smaller edition published the same year
Vol. 10, Atlas ; v. 15, Atlas, have imprint: New York, Geo. P. Putnam
Vol. 8, Atlas ; v. 20, Atlas, have imprint: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott
Vol. 12, Atlas ; v. 13, Atlas ; v. 16, Atlas ; v. 17 ; v. 23, Atlas, have imprint: Philadelphia, C. Sherman
The publication was never completed. Five volumes are unpublished: v. 18, Botany, by Asa Gray ; v. 19, Geographical distribution of animals and plants, by Charles Pickering ; v. 21-22, Ichthyology, by Louis Agassiz ; v. 21, Physics, by Charles Wilkes
Includes indexes