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Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan : performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States

At head of title of v. 2: 33d Cong., 2d Sess. Senate. Exec. doc. no. 79 · Some of the plates have hand-coloring · Vol. 2 (Natural history reports) by D.S. Green and others; v. 3 has title: Observation of the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853 to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States Steam-Frigate Mississippi ... with conclusions from the data thus obtained, by George Jones · Includes bibliographical references and indexes · Vol. 2. Natural history reports by D.S. Green ... [et al.] -- v. 3. Observation on the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853 to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States Steam-Frigate Mississippi ... with conclusions from the data thus obtained / by George Jones · SCNHRB copy (v. 1: 39088013479142, v. 2: 39088013479183, v. 3: 39088013479225) has a total of [137] leaves of plates (7 folded), may be lacking some of the plates · SCNHRB copy has inscribed in pencil at head of v. 1 t.p.: Wm. G. Temple · SCNHRB copy with v. 1 stamped on verso of t.p.: This book was presented by [in ink ms.] Dept of E. H.(?) G., U.S.N.A. June 16, 1949; v. 3 stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Libraries [in ink ms.] Sep. 3, 1970 · SCNHRB copy has v. 1 bound in gree

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