About this title: Few sagas of the sea embody more adventure and romance than the story of America's first major exploring expedition- the search to prove the existence of the Antarctic continent- as put forth by the young Lieutenant William Reynolds in some twenty lively letters home to his sister and mother.
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Your search:Books»Voyage to the Southern Ocean: The Letters of Lieutenant William Reynolds from the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842(23 available copies)
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780870213007ISBN:0870213008
Description: Good. Hardbound without DJ, 8vo, [xxxix] 325 pages, 22 b&w illustrations in text, five maps in text, map endpapers. Ex university library, with spine label, stamps, sticker on back pastedown. No pocket nor due-date slip. Little indication of use. Square and tight, boards clean, titling bright but clipped by spine label. One ding in bottom edge of back board. Hinges okay, no cracking. No markings of text, very light tanning. Highly serviceable. Same-day shipping, with Delivery Confirmation, of ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780870213007ISBN:0870213008
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Some edge wear to jacket, page ends lightly scuffed. Inside is clean and unmarked, tightly bound. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 325 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Annapolis. Naval Institute Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780870213007ISBN:0870213008
Description: 1st Ed. XXIX, (3), 325 PP with 5 maps & b/w illust. in text. Fp: Colour portrait of author. Eps: Route of the U.S. Exploring expedition on mappemonde. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. ISBN 0870213008. 21 letters edited by Anne Hoffman Cleaver & E. Jeffrey Stahn. Introduction & epilogue by H.J. Viola. Letters addressed to his sister or his mother depicting the cruise itself, life on board, people & places visited, surveying, ... read more
Description: New. Hardcover w / dustjacket. NEW NEW NEW; never read; never sold. Nothing more to say. Fine book, fine dj; in shrinkwrap. No remainder mark. No priceclip 1988. Hardcover w / dustjacket. read more
Description: Fine. Fine in d.j., Introduction and epilogue by Herman J. Viola. Naval Inst. Press, Annapolis, MA. Color frontis, 27 illus. Index, bibliography. Endpaper maps. These exuberant letters by a young participant offer a vivid perspective on the expedition, including lively descriptions of the near-loss of a ship in the Antarctic ice, the murder of two officers by Fijians and the Americans' reprisal, and other incidents in Tahiti, Samoa, Australia, Hawaii, Kiribati, and the northwest coast of ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland
ISBN-13:9780870213007ISBN:0870213008
Description: [0-87021-300-8] 1988, 1st edition., 1st edition. (Hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. xxxix, [3], 325pp. Octavo. Illustrated with drawings and maps. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine in dust jacket. Endpaper maps. Edited By Anne Hoffman Cleaver & E. Jeffrey Stann. Introduction by Herman J. Viola. read more
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