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Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon by Herndon

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Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon by Herndon
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Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon made under direction of the Navy Department by William Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon in two volumes. Third volume is a map volume. This important three volume set was Captain Herndon's most important work of his life. Herndon is unfortunately best known as the captain of the ill-fated gold treasure ship - the SS Central America, which sank off the coast of Virginia in 1857 with great loss of life and more than $3 million in gold cargo. This work has important illustrations of the Amazon, Andes and entire South American region. Find artifacts, scenery and everything else imaginable it is an incredible work. State: zBrazil City: Date: 1854 FHWAC#: 37639