FOUB YEARS 



GOVERNMENT EXPLORING EXPEDITION; 



COMMANDED BY 



CAPTAIN CHARLES WILKES, 



ISLAND OF MADEIRA CAPE VERD ISLAND BRAZIL COAST 



OF PATAGONIA CHILI PERU PAUMATO GROUP SOCI- 

 ETY ISLANDS NAVIGATOR GROUP AUSTRALIA AN- 

 TARCTIC CONTINENT NEW ZEALAND FRIEND- 

 LY ISLANDS FEJEE GROUP SANDWICH 



ISLANDS NORTHWEST COAST OF AME- 

 RICA OREGON CALIFORNIA EAST 



INDIES ST. HELENA, &C. ? &C. 



IN ONE VOLUME. 

 BY 



LIEUT. GEO. M. COLVOCORESSES, U. S. NAVY, 



AN OFFICER OF THE EXPEDITION. 

 SECOND EDITION. 



NEW YORK: 

 R. T. YOUNG, PUBLISHER, 



N o . 140 FULTON STREET. 



1853. 



LIBRARY 

 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 



