Documents 1838-1847 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 568207
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- United States Exploring Expedition, (1838-1842)
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- Canberra Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]
- 1 microfilm reel 35 mm.
- Series:
- PMB ; 539.
- Summary:
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There are three sets of documents: 1. A narrative of the expedition by George M. Colvocoresses, a lieutenant. 2. Sketchbooks made by George F. Emmons, 1839-1841, an officer of the Peacock. 3. Sketchbooks made by Henry Eld, Jr., 1838-1842.
- Biography/History:
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The United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Commodore Charles Wilkes, made an extensive survey of many Pacific island groups. After rounding Cape Horn in March 1839, the expedition visited the Tuamotu Archipelago, Society Islands, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, and the Phoenix, Tokelau, Gilbert and Ellice (now Tuvalu) Islands. The expedition returned to the United States via the Cape of Good Hope in June 1842.
- Notes:
- Microfilm copy of original held by Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., U.S.A. (Coe Collection).
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1838-1842
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1991
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