Sea of Glory

Uncorrected Proof. 8vo. Pp. [xxvii], 452. Pictorial wraps. Illus. with b/w photos, drawings and maps, incl. Notes, Selected Bibliography, and Index.

Stamped "Proof/ Damaged" to fore edge, else Fine.

Winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize. A 2003 New York Times Notable Book. By the National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea. An account of the United States Pacific Ocean Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 which explored vast tracts of the Pacific Ocean, under the controversial command of Lieut. Charles Wilkes. It logged 87,000 miles, discovered a new Southern continent which Wilkes named Antarctica, surveyed 280 Pacific islands, created 180 charts and collected thousands of specimens which were to become the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution.