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SEEMANN, BERTHOLD CARL. Narrative of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Herald. 2 tinted lithographed frontispieces; tinted lithographed folding map. Ad
SEEMANN, BERTHOLD CARL. Narrative of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Herald. 2 tinted lithographed frontispieces; tinted lithographed folding map. Ad leaf tipped to front free endpaper in both volumes; publisher's 16-page catalogue at end of Volume 1; integral ad leaf at end of Volume 2. 2 volumes. 8vo, original navy cloth. crisp, bright set. London, 1853
- Notes: first edition. "Seemann was the naturalist on this expedition, which was engaged in a hydrographical survey of the Pacific and explored most of the west coast of America, the Galápagos and Hawaiian Islands, Kamchatka, Bering Strait, Alaska, and the Arctic Ocean. Extensive land exploration was undertaken in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, and Mexico, In September, 1846, the Herald anchored in San Francisco Bay, and Seemann records a visit to Mission Dolores, at that times occupied by a party of Mormons"--Hill 1546.
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