NARRATIVE 



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OF THE 



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, ETC. 



IN FIVE VOLUMES, WITH THIRTEEN MAPS. 



V L. I. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1849. 



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