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Item specifics
- Condition
- Special Attributes
- Illustrated
- Country of Manufacture
- United States
- Subject
- History
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780142004838
- EAN
- 9780142004838
- Book Title
- Sea of Glory : America's Voyage of Discovery, the U. S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Topic
- United States / 19th Century, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Expeditions & Discoveries, Oceania
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 15 oz
- Number of Pages
- 512 Pages
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"A treasure of a book."--David McCullough The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye . A New York Times Notable Book America's first frontier was not the West; it was the sea, and no one writes more eloquently about that watery wilderness than Nathaniel Philbrick. In his bestselling In the Heart of the Sea Philbrick probed the nightmarish dangers of the vast Pacific. Now, in an epic sea adventure, he writes about one of the most ambitious voyages of discovery the Western world has ever seen--the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. On a scale that dwarfed the journey of Lewis and Clark, six magnificent sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean and ended up naming the newly discovered continent of Antarctica, collecting what would become the basis of the Smithsonian Institution. Combining spellbinding human drama and meticulous research, Philbrick reconstructs the dark saga of the voyage to show why, instead of being celebrated and revered as that of Lewis and Clark, it has--until now--been relegated to a footnote in the national memory. Winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0142004839
ISBN-13
9780142004838
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30794806
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sea of Glory : America's Voyage of Discovery, the U. S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Expeditions & Discoveries, Oceania
Publication Year
2004
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
15 oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gn663.P48 2003
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
Fascinating and meticulous... A wonderful retelling. ( The New York Times Book Review ) A breathtaking account of one of historyÆs greatest adventures. ( Entertainment Weekly ) A worthy successor to In the Heart of the Sea . ( The Wall Street Journal ) Sea of Glory is a grand saga of scientific and nautical accomplishment. ( Newsweek ), "Fascinating and meticulous . . . A wonderful retelling." --The New York Times Book Review "A breathtaking account of one of history's greatest adventures." -- Entertainment Weekly "A worthy successor to In the Heart of the Sea ." -- The Wall Street Journal " Sea of Glory is a grand saga of scientific and nautical accomplishment." -- Newsweek, Fascinating and meticulous... A wonderful retelling. (The New York Times Book Review) A breathtaking account of one of history’s greatest adventures. (Entertainment Weekly) A worthy successor to In the Heart of the Sea. (The Wall Street Journal) Sea of Gloryis a grand saga of scientific and nautical accomplishment. (Newsweek)
Table of Content
Preface: Young 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 Malolo Mauna Loa The Wreck of the Peacock Homeward Bound Reckoning This Thing Called Science Legacy Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2003-050178
Dewey Decimal
910/.973/09034
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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