Sea Of Glory. America's Voyage Of Discovery The U.S., Exploring Expedition

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penquin Books
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: Reprint

Description: 452 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. America's First Frontier Was Not The West, It Was The Sea. In The Epic Adventure Philbrick Recounts The Harrowing Story Of A Voyage Of Discovery That Dwarfed The Journey Of Lewis And Clark.

Publishers Description: America'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. On a scale that dwarfed the journey of Lewis and Clark, six magnificent sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean?and ended up naming the newly discovered continent of Antarctica, collecting what would become the basis of the Smithsonian Institution, and much more.

ISBN: 9780142004838