NARRATIVE 



UNITED STATES' 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION, 



DURING THE YEARS 



1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. 





BY 



CHARLES WILKES, U.S.N. 



COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION, 

 MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, &C. 



CONDENSED AND ABRIDGED. 



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LONDON: 

 WHITTAKER AND CO., AVE MARIA LANE. 



