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

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

Burnett & Bostwick

Place

New Orleans

Publication

1854

Description

FIRST EDITION. Numerous illustrations

summary

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)

pp. 517. Original boards, gilt extra. 4to

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