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    Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department : part I / by WM. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, lieutenants United States Navy, part I by Lieut Herndon
    (Washington : Robert Armstrong, 1854) Herndon, William Lewis, 1813-1857; Gibbon, Lardner; United States. Navy Department; Herndon, Lieut
    The desire expressed the department for an early report of my exploration of the amazon, and the general interest manifested in the public mind with regard to the same, have induced me to lay before you at once as full an account of our proceedings as can be made before the return of my companion. The general map which accompanies the report is based upon maps published by the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, buy corrected and improved according to my own personal observations and on information obtained by me whilst in that country. The final report of the expedition will be sumitted as soon after Lieut. Gibbon´s return as practicable. I am in daily expectation of intelligence fron him
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    Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department : part II / by WM. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, lieutenants United States Navy, part II by Lt. Lardner Gibbon
    (Washington : Robert Armstrong, 1854) Herndon, William Lewis, 1813-1857; Gibbon, Lardner; United States. Navy Department
    He said that a deceased midshipman, suddenly retired from his service at the National Observatory, in Washington, to undertake an exploration of distant lands and rivers, among strange and diverse people, will not be expected to provide a polished account of observations made under many handicaps. In revising notes, hastily scribbled upon a mule´s back, on mountains, or in a canoe, the writer has endeavored to present familiar images of the objects he saw, as they impressed him at the time, leaving intelligent readers to draw their own conclusions from his facts, or the best information he could gain from reliable sources on the route. the statesman, the planter, the merchant, the farmer, the manufacturer, or the artisan, can estimate, from every-day occurrences, in what manner habits and customs of inhabitants of the southern continent, or productions of its climates, lands, rivers, forests, and mines, may advantage the industry or promote the enterprise of the people of the United States of North America. Being limited by instructions, the writer commences his observations at the division of the naval party at tarma, in Peru and closes them on reaching the mouth of the madeira river, in Brazil. Descriptions of fishes collected from snow-water lakes and streams in Peru or Bolivia, and from rivers in Brazil, botanical specimens, varieties of birds, different ores, earth, and metals procured on the journey, are unavoidably omitted