The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere During the Years 1849-50-51-52. Volume 1 Chile

The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere During the Years 1849-50-51-52. Volume 1 Chile Author: Gilliss, Lieut. J. M. 1855.Gilliss (September 6, 1811 – February 9, 1865), Lieut. J. M. Washington. A. O. P. Nicholson

Large 4to.( )1855. Gilliss, Lieut. J. M. Washington. A. O. P. Nicholson. 1/4 tan calf over rubbed marbled covers. Spine with 5 raised bands of which band 2 and 3 are partially missing. 1 black and 1 dark brown label as well as narrow black library tape near the foot. Illustrated with 13 plates: 6 topographical tinted lithographs, 1 folding tinted and hand-colored lithographic plate: "Panoramic view from the summit of Santa Lucia, Santiago", 3 folding engraved maps, 1 lithograph portrait of an Araucanian chief printed in multiple colors, and 2 additional quite detailed maps. The folding panorama of Santa Lucia, Santiago, measures 68 inches in length, and has hand-colored details, featuring figures in the foreground of a couple in native dress and a couple in Western attire. Repaired at the first fold.

From Wiki: James Melville Gilliss (September 6, 1811 – February 9, 1865) was an astronomer, United States naval officer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory. In 1848 he obtained $5,000 from Congress for a naval astronomical expedition to Chile in order to more precisely measure the solar parallax. Gilliss headed the expedition from August 1849 until his return in November 1852. In Chile the expedition enjoyed the support of the government, the University of Chile, the Military School plus a wide array of individuals. They successfully completed the planned astronomical observations and also made valuable observations of the Earth's magnetic field, earthquakes, geography, politics and natural science. The specimens of fauna and flora brought back from Chile formed the earliest part of the Smithsonian collection from Latin America. The wide-ranging results of the expedition were published in as six-volume treatise, the United States Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, published 1855-1896. The observatory and staff he left in Chile became the nucleus of Chile's astronomical program, previous to this there was no astronomical tradition in Chile. Under the direct influence of the expedition from 1850 onward the journal Anales de la Universidad de Chile begun to publish content on astronomy. Gilliss later led two expeditions to observe the solar eclipses in Peru in 1858 and Washington Territory in 1860.

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