THREE CRUISES OF THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODESIC SURVEY STEAMER "BLAKE" IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA, AND ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1877 TO 1880

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TWO VOLUMES uniformly bound. Previous owner's name top of front free endpapers, both volumes. Frontispiece illustration of the "Blake" in Volume 1. Both volumes replete with text illustrations, full-page maps and diagrams, some in color, several fold-out. Map is present in rear pocket of Volume 2. The author (1835-1910) was the premier American thalassographer (oceanographer) of the 19th century. He was the son of the famed naturalist Louis Agassiz. During the voyage of the "Blake", he collected hundreds of deep sea and coral reef specimens. 314-220pp. Size: Royal Octavo. N° de ref. del artículo 015541

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