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Everyone's heard of the Lewis & Clark expedition, but the naval expedition of 1839 to discover Anarctica, chart 280 Pacific islands, and explore 100 miles of the Columbia River goes unheard of today. In addition to the uncountable discoveries and contributions to science achieved by the 6-ship fleet, the author explains how the outsized personalities involved sunk (harhar) any hope that the expedition would become an historical fixture in the American psyche. As is my wont when it comes to seafa
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