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008			030409s2003 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aGN 663 .P48 2003
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aPhilbrick, Nathaniel.
245	1	0	_aSea of glory : _bAmerica's voyage of discovery : the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / _cNathaniel Philbrick.
260			_aNew York : _bViking, _c2003.
300			_axxv, 452 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 415-436) and index.
505	0		_aYoung ambition -- The Great South Sea -- The deplorable expedition -- Most glorious hopes -- At sea -- The turning point -- Commodore of the Pacific -- Antarctica -- A new continent --- The cannibal isles -- Massacre at Mololo -- Mauna Loa -- The wreck of the Peacock -- Homeward bound -- Reckoning -- This thing called science -- Legacy.
520			_aIn 1838, the U.S. government launched the largest discovery voyage the Western world had ever seen-6 sailing vessels and 346 men bound for the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Four years later, the U.S. Exploring Expedition returned with an astounding array of accomplishments and discoveries: 87,000 miles logged, 280 Pacific islands surveyed, 4,000 zoological specimens collected, including 2,000 new species, and the discovery of the continent of Antarctica. And yet at a human level, the project was a disaster-not only had 28 men died and 2 ships been lost, but a series of sensational courts-martial had also ensued that pitted the expedition's controversial leader, Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, against almost every officer under his command. Though comparable in importance and breadth of success to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Ex. Ex. has been largely forgotten. Now, Nathaniel Philbrick re-creates this chapter of American maritime history in all its triumph and scandal. Sea of glory combines meticulous history with spellbinding human drama as it circles the globe from the palm-fringed beaches of the South Pacific to the treacherous waters off Antarctica and to the stunning beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and, finally, to a court-martial aboard a ship of the line anchored off New York City.
611	2	0	_aUnited States Exploring Expedition _d(1838-1842)
650		0	_aEthnological expeditions _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aEthnology _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aEthnology _zOceania _xHistory _y19th century.
600	1	0	_aWilkes, Charles, _d1798-1877.
600	1	7	_aWilkes, Charles, _d1798-1877 _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00005459
611	2	7	_aUnited States Exploring Expedition. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01405221
650		7	_aEthnological expeditions. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00916093
650		7	_aEthnology. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00916106
651		7	_aOceania. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01242982
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
650	1	7	_aOntdekkingsreizen. _2gtt
650	0	7	_aGeschichte 1838-1842. _2swd
650	0	7	_aExpedition. _2swd
651		7	_aUSA. _2swd
651		7	_aOzeanien. _2swd
648		7	_a1800 - 1899 _2fast
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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