Sea of Glory

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

• ISBN13: 9780786258567
• ISBN10: 078625856X
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr

Summary

In this "New York Times" Notable Book and bestseller, the National Book Award-winning author of "In the Heart of the Sea" writes about one of the world's most ambitious voyages of discovery--the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 that included six sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds who set out to map the Pacific Ocean.

Author Biography

Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of the New York Times bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, which won the National Book Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies and a leading authority on the history of Nantucket, where he lives with his wife and two children

Table of Contents

Preface: Young Ambition	p. xv
The Great South Sea	p. 3
The Deplorable Expedition	p. 17
Most Glorious Hopes	p. 43
At Sea	p. 63
The Turning Point	p. 87
Commodore of the Pacific	p. 117
Antarctica	p. 149
A New Continent	p. 169
The Cannibal Isles	p. 189
Massacre at Malolo	p. 213
Mauna Loa	p. 233
The Wreck of the Peacock	p. 259
Homeward Bound	p. 287
Reckoning	p. 303
This Thing Called Science	p. 331
Legacy	p. 347
Epilogue	p. 361
Notes	p. 365
Selected Bibliography	p. 415
Acknowledgments	p. 437
Index	p. 441
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