UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS. 



' VOYAGE 



OF THE 



U. S. EXPLORING SQUADRON, 



COMMANDED BY 



CAPTAIN CHARLES WILKES, 



OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, 



IN 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, AND 1842: 



TOGETHER WITH 



EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES MADE BY 



ADMIRAL D'URVILLE, CAPTAIN ROSS, 



AND OTHER NAVIGATORS AND TRAVELLERS; 

 A.\D AN 



ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA, 



UNDER LIEUTENANT LYNCH. 



BY JOHN S. JENKINS, 



AUTHOR OF "TIIK LIFE OF SILAS WRIGHT," ''POLITICAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK," 

 "HISTORY' OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO," ETC., ETC. 



WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



DETROIT : 



KERR, DOUGHTY & LAPHAM. 



1853. 



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