FOUR iEARS 



IN THE 



GOVERNMENT EXPLORING EXPEDITION; 



COMMANDED BY 



CAPTAIN CHAKLES WILKES, 



TO THE 



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., 



ETC., ETC. 



IN ONE VOLUME. 



BY, ' , a 



LIEUT. GEO. M. COLV()C,OKESS^S., U. S. .Navy, 



AN T OFFICER OF THE ■ EX3EFJTI0N. '•' 



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FIFTH EDITION.* 



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NEW YORK: 

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