Library of 19th
Century Science:
The Golden Age of Geology
NARRATIVE
OF THE
UNITED
STATES
EXPLORING
EXPEDITION
DURING THE YEARS
1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.
by
CHARLES WILKES, U.S.N.
COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION
MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, ETC.
In Five Volumes
Volume V.
Philadephia
Lea and Blenchard
1845
entry to linked text
This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in his personal library.
July, 2008.
Copyright © 2008 by Dr. David C. Bossard. All
rights reserved.