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Pl 1.
Lt. Gibbon del.
Wagner & McGuigan's Lith. Phila.]

33D CONGRESS,} HO. OF REPS. { EXECUTIVE,
1st Session.} { No. 53.

EXPLORATION
OF THE
VALLEY OF THE AMAZON,

MADE UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BY
WM. LEWIS HERNDON AND LARDNER GIBBON,
LIEUTENANTS UNITED STATES NAVY.