Vol. II.Ornithology: 'Birds of La Plata', by W. H. Hudson: 1920.William Henry Hudson, author: Proofs of 'Birds of La Plata', with autogr. additions: 1920. Unspecified

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Hudson, William Henry

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William Henry Hudson served on the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Senior commander Charles Wilkes), as midshipman on board the sloop of war Vincennes and Peacock . With a fleet of six vessels, the expedition was commissioned on a world voyage of hydrography and exploration that included forays into the Southern Ocean. The expedition was the first to delineate a substantial length of Antarctic coastline, enough to establish that immediately behind lay a landmass of continental siz...