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Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888 No. 3 journal U.S.N.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05911.13 Author/Creator: Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: July 7 1875-15 November 1875 Pagination: 1 v. : 100 p. ; 31.5 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

Captain Simpson's log of the U.S.S. Omaha "2nd Rate" on a cruise from "Panama Bay" [the Gulf of Panama] down the western coast of South America and around the Straits to Valaparaiso, Chile concluding at Callao, Peru.

Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888

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