Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan

performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States

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Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan

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Table of Contents

Vol. 2. Natural history reports by D.S. Green ... [et al.]
v. 3. Observation on the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853 to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States Steam-Frigate Mississippi ... with conclusions from the data thus obtained / by George Jones.

Edition Notes

At head of title of v. 2: 33d Cong., 2d Sess. Senate. Exec. doc. no. 79.

Some of the plates have hand-coloring.

Vol. 2 (Natural history reports) by D.S. Green and others; v. 3 has title: Observation of the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853 to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States Steam-Frigate Mississippi ... with conclusions from the data thus obtained, by George Jones.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

SCNHRB copy (v. 1: 39088013479142, v. 2: 39088013479183, v. 3: 39088013479225) has a total of [137] leaves of plates (7 folded), may be lacking some of the plates.

SCNHRB copy has inscribed in pencil at head of v. 1 t.p.: Wm. G. Temple.

SCNHRB copy with v. 1 stamped on verso of t.p.: This book was presented by [in ink ms.] Dept of E. H.(?) G., U.S.N.A. June 16, 1949; v. 3 stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Libraries [in ink ms.] Sep. 3, 1970.

SCNHRB copy has v. 1 bound in green library buckram, title in gilt on spine; v. 2 bound in red library buckram, title in white on spine; v. 3 bound in original purple publisher's cloth binding, blind-embossed vignettes in center of covers, gilt-decorated spine.

Series
United States. 33d Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Ex. doc -- no. 79, Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) -- 33rd Congress, 2nd session, no. 79.
Other Titles
Expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Expedition to the China Seas and Japan, United States Japan expedition by Com. M.C. Perry, United States Japan expedition by Com. M.C. Perry, Observation on the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853 to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States Steam-Frigate Mississippi.

The Physical Object

Pagination
3 v., [137] leaves of plates (7 folded) :
Number of pages
137

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24558475M
Internet Archive
narrativeofexped02perry
OCLC/WorldCat
4038738

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