Jenkins, John S. Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron...and an Account of the Expedition to the Dead Sea, under Lieutenant Lynch

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Lot 148

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Jenkins, John S. Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron...and an Account of the Expedition to the Dead Sea, under Lieutenant Lynch

FIRST EDITION. Numerous illustrations pp. 517. Original boards, gilt extra. 4to

New Orleans: Burnett & Bostwick 1854

Est: $600 - $900

In 1847, Lieutenant Lynch was dispatched by the Secretary of the Navy to the Holy Land "to circumnavigate the Lake Asphaltites, or Dead Sea, and explore the River Jordan" (p. 464). Lynch's account contains much fascinating information concerning the Land and its inhabitants. (The first portion of the book treats of Pacific expeditions)