[Rarebooks] FA: 1854 Amazon Exploration w/large maps & lithographs

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

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"EXPLORATION OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON, Made Under the Direction of the 
Navy Department."

By Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon. Published by Robert Armstrong, 
Public Printer in Washington in 1854.

In 1851 Navy Lieutenants Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon went to Lima 
to embark on an odyssey that would take them down thousands of miles of 
river in canoes and last close to two years. Of course, the real purpose of 
the trip was to quietly scout the Amazon basin for potential commercial 
exploitation its vast natural resources. The three-volume set is 
illustrated with 35 two color plates lithographed by P.S. Duval & Co., 
Philadelphia and three spectacular maps.

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