01666nam a2200325u  450000500170000000700030001700800410002001000150006102000350007602000150011104000130012604300210013905000210016008200230018110000260020424501160023026000370034630000400038350000900042350400640051352004280057752600490100560000300105460000330108461100520111765000530116965000530122265000470127565000180132220190501185942.0ta100120s2003    nyuab    b    001 0 eng    a2003050178  a067003231X (alk. paper)c27.95  a0142004839  aDLCcDLC  apo-----an-us---00aGN663b.P48 200300a910/.973/090342211 aPhilbrick, Nathaniel.10aSea of glory :bAmerica's voyage of discovery : the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 cNathaniel Philbrick.  aNew York, N.Y. :bViking,c2003.  axxv, 452 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.  aIncludes information on Maine naval officer James Alden, and the Georges Bank survey.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 415-436) and index.  aAmerica's first frontier was not the West; it was the sea- and no one writes more eloquently about that watery wilderness than Nathaniel Philbrick. In his bestselling In the Heart of the Sea Philbrick probed the nightmarish dangers of the vast Pacific. Now, in an epic sea adventure, he writes about one of the most ambitious voyages of discovery the Western world has ever seen-the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838- 1842.0 aAccelerated Reader ARbUGc9.8d26.0z86431.10aAlden, James,d1810-1877.10aWilkes, Charles,d1798-1877.20aUnited States Exploring Expeditiond(1838-1842) 0aEthnological expeditionsxHistoryy19th century. 0aEthnologyzUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 0aEthnologyzOceaniaxHistoryy19th century. 0aGeorges Bank.