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Commander William Lewis Herndon (25 October 1813 – 12 September 1857) was one of the United States Navy's outstanding explorers and seamen. In 1851 he led a United States expedition to the Valley of the Amazon, and prepared a report published in 1854 and distributed widely as Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon .
28 de oct. de 2014 · Captain William Lewis Herndon, a commander in the U.S. Navy, ordered all men on board to bail water, declaring the ship would surely sink unless the storm abated.
El comandante William Lewis Herndon (25 de octubre de 1813 - 12 de septiembre de 1857) fue uno de los exploradores y marineros más destacados de la Armada de los Estados Unidos.
exploration of Amazon River. , William Lewis Herndon published the report that he and Lardner Gibbon—both lieutenants in the U.S. Navy—had made to Congress under the title of Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon.
William Lewis Herndon was a man who earned his monument, as surely as the others. He commanded a warship, the USS Iris, assisting in the blockade of the coast of Mexico during the Mexican-American War; but his Navy career is primarily distinguished by his unique contributions as an explorer, scientist, writer, and extraordinarily able seaman.
31 de ene. de 2020 · 13 October 1813 - 12 September 1857. William Lewis Herndon was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, 13 October 1813. He was appointed an Acting Midshipman from Virginia 1 November 1828, accepting...
In 1850, the secretary of the U.S. Navy appointed Captain William Lewis Herndon to lead the first American expedition to explore this vast and foreboding region." "Herndon departed Lima, Peru, on May 20, 1851, and arrived at Para, Brazil, nearly a year later, traveling more than four thousand miles by foot, mule, canoe, and small boat.
