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NH 51495 "View of the Antarctic Continent"

Photo #: NH 51495 "View of the Antarctic Continent"
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Title: "View of the Antarctic Continent"
Description: Photo #: NH 51495 View of the Antarctic Continent Line engraving by Jorban & Halpin, after a sketch by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, USN, depicting men and dogs of the U.S. Exploring Expedition ashore on the ice, with the Antarctic mountains in the distance, circa January-February 1840. USS Vincennes is amid the ice flows at right. The print is copied from U.S. Exploring Expedition, Volume II. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 51495
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