Full name: Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Year: 2001 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Adventure, Biographies, Science, Travel, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780142004838 0142004839

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. Similar books: In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick The Men Who United the States by Simon Winchester The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages by Samuel Eliot Morison Legends, Lies, and Cherished Myths of American History by Richard Shenkman These Truths by Jill Lepore The Course of Empire by Bernard DeVoto The Way to the Western Sea by David Lavender The Discovery of the Americas by Betsy Maestro A Short History of the United States by Robert V. Remini A Nation Rising by Kenneth C. Davis Lewis & Clark by Dayton Duncan If You Lived 100 Years Ago by Ann McGovern Pathfinders by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto How the States Got Their Shapes Too by Mark Stein That's Not in My American History Book by Thomas Ayres I Wish I'd Been There by Byron Hollinshead The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick Revenge of the Whale by Nathaniel Philbrick Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen The Bounty by Caroline Alexander