Author: Charles Wilkes / J.B. Neagle / A.T. Agate
Publisher: published by Lea and Blanchard in Philadelphia in several volumes and editions.
Year: 1849
Size: 11.7 x 17.9 cm
Reference: Howes W414. Sabin 103994 [all book]; Phillips p. 121 [similar]
Mosque in the Town of Sooloo
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hand-coloured steel engraving view from ‘Narrative of the United States exploring expedition (1838 – 1842).
From 1838 to 1842, Lt. Charles Wilkes commanded the Great first U.S. Exploring Sea Expedition, the government-sponsored mission to gather scientific data about the Pacific Ocean & establish a foothold and territorial claims in the Pacific and in the process resulted in the first US-American circumnavigation. The three ships involved were the ‘Vincennes’, the ‘Porpoise’, & the ‘Peacock’ which sailed along & surveyed the Northwest American coast & his exploring parties penetrated into the interior of many points. They passed through the Southern Philippines for which the publication included several maps and views.
