Gibbon

1853 · B2752 — Washington: Robert Armstrong Public Printer 1853. Occasional mild browning otherwise a very good example. Binding: recent ¼ morocco with marbled boards flat spine with title in gilt each spine has a different shade of morocco but the marble boards are similar. Notes: “This American expedition was first proposed by the prominent oceanographer Matthew F. Maury. He urged North American plantation owners to emigrate to the Amazon valley with their slaves to seek their fortunes. He also advocated opening the Amazon to international commerce. Maury was the brother-in-law of Lt. Herndon a naval officer. The expedition was organized by the U.S. Navy Department and sent out to South America in the Years 1851 and 1852. The Americans traveled to Chile and to Lima Peru where Lt. Herndon pushed into the upper Amazon. Lt. Gibbon traveled south through Bolivia and then into the selvas of Brazil. The two groups met in Serpa Brazil and then continued down the Amazon River to Para. Herndon was later lost with his ship “Central America†off Cape Hatteras in 1857. The work itself is a minute accurate and very interesting study on the aborigines of the Andes and on the geography of the Amazon and its tributaries.†Hill pg. 284 Size: 8vo Illustration: 52 lithographed plates and 5 folding maps. The folding maps are usually found in two separate volumes but have been inserted into the this example. Volume: 2 volumes References: Sabin 31524; Hill 803 Pages: Volume 1. P. 1-15 blank 2 frontis title blank 3-414 blank 2 i-iii plate listing; Volume 2. P. frontis title blank iii-x 1 1-339. Category: Book Voyages General; Book Americas South Robert Armstrong Public Printer hardcover