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Title(s)
Exploration of the valley of the Amazon / by Lieut. Wm. Lewis Herndon, United States Navy ; with map and plates.
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Additional Title(s)
Spine title: Valley of the Amazons
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Published/Created
Washington : Taylor & Maury, 1854.
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Physical Description
[2], iii, [2], 6-414 pages, 16, [1] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, color map ; 23 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
F2546.H47 E97 1854
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Illustrations after Lardner Gibbon. Printed by Ackerman, Lith. 379 Broadway, NY. Map lithographed by A. Hoen & Co.
Spine title: Valley of the Amazons.
First published: Washington, D.C. : R. Armstrong, 1853-1854 as v. 1 of a 2 volume set; v. 2 by Lardner Gibbon.
Lithographs colored with tint block.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth. Autograph: Willm. Rowe. -
Subject Terms
Ackerman -- Printer. | Amazon River Valley -- Description and travel. | Amazon River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- American. | Bolivia -- Description and travel. | Brazil -- Description and travel. | Peru -- Description and travel. | Rowe, William -- Autograph. | South America -- Description and travel. | United States -- Exploring expeditions.
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Form/Genre
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1854. | Maps. | Travel literature -- Washington (D.C.) -- 19th century.
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