Ackerman Lith 379 Broadway NY

L! Gibbon del

CATHEDRAL OF LIMA Foundation Stone Laid by Don Francisco Pizarro 18th of January 1534

EXPLORATION

OF THE

VALLEY OF THE AMAZON.

BY

LIEUT. WM. LEWIS HERNDON,

UNITED STATES NAVY.

WITH MAP AND PLATES.

WASHINGTON:

TAYLOR & MAURY.

1854.