Herndon, William Lewis 1813-1857 creator Gibbon, Lardner 1819-1910 text utu 2018 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Part 1 (of 2)" by Herndon and Gibbon is a two-volume work published in 1854. U.S. Navy Lieutenants William Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon led a daring 1851 expedition into the vast, uncharted Amazon Valley. Setting out from Lima, Peru, the party split into two groups to cover more territory. Herndon's journey spanned 4,366 miles through wilderness ranging from sea level to over 16,000 feet. Their detailed reports became an international best-seller, with tens of thousands of copies printed by presidential order. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_the_Valley_of_the_Amazon Release date is 2018-08-24 E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Original publication data not identified Peru -- Description and travel Brazil -- Description and travel Bolivia -- Description and travel Amazon River Valley -- Description and travel Amazon River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- American F2501 Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57756 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57756 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134330.0 57756