EXPLORATION OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON
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.
PART II.
BY Lt. LARDNER GIBBON.
WASHINGTON:
A. O. P. NICHOLSON, PUBLIC PRINTER.
1854.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
TRANSMITTING
THE SECOND PART OF LIEUTENANT HERNDON'S REPORT OF THE EXPLORATION OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON.
January 6, 1854.—Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the members of the House, ten thousand extra copies of the report of the Secretary of the Navy communicating the reports of the exploration of the river Amazon and its tributaries, made by Lieutenants Herndon and Gibbon, with the accompanying maps and plates.
April 13, 1854.—Resolved, That there be printed twenty thousand additional copies of the reports of the surveys and explorations of the river Amazon, with the plates and maps accompanying, by Lieutenants Herndon and Gibbon—two hundred and fifty copies for distribution by Lieutenant Herndon, and two hundred and fifty copies by Lieutenant Gibbon, and the remainder for the use of the members of the House.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by the second part of Lieut. Herndon's Report of the Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon and its tributaries, made by him, in connexion with Lieut. Lardner Gibbon, under instructions from the Navy Department.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Washington, February 10, 1854.
Navy Department, February 10, 1854.
To the President.
Sir: In compliance with the notice heretofore given and communicated to Congress at its last session, I have the honor herewith to transmit the second part of the Report of the "Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under the direction of the Navy Department, by William Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, lieutenants of the United States Navy."
The first part of the exploration referred to was transmitted to Congress by the Executive on the 9th of February, 1853, and has been printed. (See "Senate Executive No. 36, 32d Congress, 2d session.") The second part, which completes the report, is the result of the labors of Lieutenant Lardner Gibbon, after his separation at Tarma, on the 20th June, 1851, from Lieutenant Herndon, the senior officer of the exploring party.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, your obedient servant,
J. C. DOBBIN.
Washington, D. C., February 7, 1854.
Sir: I have the honor to submit, herewith, a report of an exploration of the countries drained by certain tributaries of the Amazon, made by Lieutenant Gibbon during the years 1851-'52.
It will be recollected by the department that, at Tarma, in Peru, I divided my party, and confided a portion of it to Mr. Gibbon's direction. This report is the result of Mr. Gibbon's labors consequent upon that division, and will form Part II of the "Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon."
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WM. LEWIS HERNDON,
Lieutenant U. S. Navy.
Hon. James C. Dobbin,
Secretary of the Navy, Washington.
Washington, D. C., January 25, 1854.
Sir: By instructions, a report, accompanied by maps and sketches of scenery in South Peru, Bolivia, and Madeira river, in Brazil, made by me to the Navy Department, is herewith submitted.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
LARDNER GIBBON,
Lieutenant U. S. Navy.
Lieut. William L. Herndon, U. S. N.,
Commanding Amazon Exploring Expedition, Washington.