Special Message
04/30/1852
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It is deemed advisable by the Department that our diplomatic relations with the States of Central America should be placed on a higher and m...
I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Navy
Lieutenant Herndon's report of the exploration of the valley of the Amazon and its tributaries
Made by him in connection with Lieutenant Lardner Gibbon, under instructions from the Navy Department