Maps. Gibbon Report. (Cover Title). [Map One]: Map drawn by Lieut. Lardner Gibbon, U.S. Navy, to Accompany his Report. 1854. - [Map Two]: Map of the Andes drawn by Lieut. Gardner Gibbon, to Accompany his Report. 1854

Published by Washington, D.C. Lithographed & printed by A. Hoen & Company. 1853

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Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC)

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2 folding maps: 51x 78cm. (20" x 31") & 19x 24cm (19" x 24"), folded to 8vo (23x 14cm), in original brown blind decorated cloth, gilt cover title, some slight wrinkling on the back board from damping but not stained, very good to fine (ho9.1) ~ Maps to accompany a Report to the Congress of the United States regarding an exploration of the Valley of the Amazon carried out by the U.S. Navy in the 1850's. Under the leadership of U.S. Navy Lieutenants William Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, the expedition left Lima Peru on 21 May 1852 and reached Para, Brazil on 11 April 1852, a distance of 4,366 miles. The Report was published by the Navy in 1854 in two volumes as "Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon", the second authored by Lieut. Gibbon with this map an addition.

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Maps. Gibbon Report. (Cover Title). [Map One]: Map drawn by Lieut. Lardner Gibbon, U.S. Navy, to Accompany his Report. 1854. - [Map Two]: Map of the Andes drawn by Lieut. Gardner Gibbon, to Accompany his Report. 1854
Author
GIBBON, Lieut. Lardner
Publisher
Washington, D.C. Lithographed & printed by A. Hoen & Company. 1853
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Hardcover

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