Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Awards:   Winner of Boston Globe Best Book of the Year. Winner of LA Times Best Book of the Year. Winner of New York Times Notable Book. Winner of Theodore Franklin Roosevelt Naval History Prize.
Author:   Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Australia
Edition:   Student ed.
ISBN:  

9780142004838


Pages:   512
Publication Date:   26 October 2004
Format:   Paperback
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842


Awards

  • Winner of Boston Globe Best Book of the Year.
  • Winner of LA Times Best Book of the Year.
  • Winner of New York Times Notable Book.
  • Winner of Theodore Franklin Roosevelt Naval History Prize.

Overview

Traces the 1838 discovery voyage that resulted in the western world's survey of 87,000 ocean miles, 280 Pacific islands, numerous zoological discoveries, and the finding of Antarctica, a journey that was marked by tragic deaths, the losses of two ships, and controversial court martials. Reprint.

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Author:   Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:   Penguin Random House Australia
Edition:   Student ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 20.10cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780142004838


ISBN 10:   0142004839
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   26 October 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface: Young Ambition The Great South Sea The Deplorable Expedition Most Glorious Hopes At Sea The Turning Point Commodore of the Pacific Antarctica A New Continent The Cannibal Isles Massacre at Malolo Mauna Loa The Wreck of the Peacock Homeward Bound Reckoning This Thing Called Science Legacy Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

Reviews

A worthy successor to In the Heart of the Sea . ( The Wall Street Journal )


Author Information

Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award; Mayflower, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Bunker Hill, winner of the New England Book Award; Sea of Glory; The Last Stand; Why Read Moby Dick?; and Away Off Shore. He lives in Nantucket. His latest book is Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution.

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