Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S.

Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

"A treasure of a book."â‚¬"David McCullough

The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye.

A New York Times Notable Book

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 seenâ‚¬"the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838â‚¬â€œ1842. 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. Combining spellbinding human drama and meticulous research, Philbrick reconstructs the dark saga of the voyage to show why, instead of being celebrated and revered as that of Lewis and Clark, it hasâ‚¬"until nowâ‚¬"been relegated to a footnote in the national memory.

Winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780142004838
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2004-10-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780142004838

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780142004838
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2004-10-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780142004838

Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

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