Ships, Seas, and Scientists: U.S. Naval Exploration and Discovery in the Nineteenth CenturyNaval Institute Press, 1974 - 283 páginas Includes chapters on Wilkes expedition to Antarctica, 1838-42, U.S. expeditions in search of Franklin, 1850-55, and expeditions in North Pacific and Bering Strait, 1852-63. |
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The Navys Role in Economic | 9 |
Lynch Expedition to the Dead Sea and | 33 |
HerndonGibbon Expedition to the Region | 61 |
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