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Charles Wilkes

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naval officer and explorer from the United States (1798-1877)

Born 1798
Died 1877

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  • Cover of: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition: during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842

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  • Cover of: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842

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  • Cover of: Antarctica: firsthand accounts of exploration and endurance

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  • Cover of: Synopsis of the cruise of the U.S. exploring expedition, during the years 1838, '39, '40, '41 & '42: delivered before the National Institute, by its commander, Charles Wilkes, esq., on the twentieth of June 1842. To which is added a list of officers and scientific corps attached to the expedition.

    First published in 1842 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Narrative of the United States' exploring expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842

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  • Cover of: Antarctic exploration

    First published in 1847 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877

    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Western America, including California and Oregon, with maps of those regions, and of "the Sacramento Valley".

    First published in 1849 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Diary of Wilkes in the Northwest

    First published in 1926 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Columbia River to the Sacramento

    First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ichtyology and Conchology atlas

    First published in 1849 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1849 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842

    First published in 1845 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Correspondence: Wilkes and Torrey

    First published in 1847 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Charles Wilkes papers

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  • Cover of: Chart of Georges Shoal & Bank

    First published in 1837 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Naval court martial: the United States of America against Charles Wilkes, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy : argument on application to quash certain charges and specifications

    First published in 1842 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Synopsis of the cruise of the U.S. exploring expedition during the years 1838, '39, '40, '41, & '42: to which is added a list of officers and scientific corps attached to the expedition

    First published in 1842 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842: Madeira, Brazil, Southern Cruise, Chili, Peru, Paumotu Group ... With engravings on steel, and numerous wood-cuts

    First published in 1858 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The following defence of Lieut. Charles Wilkes to the charges on which he has been tried is respectfully submitted to the court.

    First published in 1842 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Charles Wilkes

naval officer and explorer from the United States (1798-1877)

Born 1798
Died 1877

Subjects

United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842), Discovery and exploration, Description and travel, Scientific expeditions, Découverte et exploration, History, Travels and voyages, United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50065123, Voyages, Voyages and travels, Correspondence, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, Discoveries in geography, Exploring expeditions, Ichthyology, Meteorology, Mollusks, Observations, Shells, Trials (Military offenses), Trials, litigation, United States, Admirals, American, Antarctica, discovery and exploration

Places

Oceania, United States, Antarctica, Hawaii, Oregon, South America, Océanie, California, Pacific States, Antarctic regions, Australia, British Columbia, Columbia River, Columbia River Valley, Georges Bank, Germany, North America, Pacific Area, Pacific Coast, Pacific Ocean, Régions antarctiques, États-Unis

People

Charles Wilkes (1798-1877), Asa Gray (1810-1888), Eliza Wilkes, Fred D. Stuart, George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885), Gideon Welles (1802-1878), J. M. Mason (1798-1871), James Dwight Dana (1813-1895), Jane Renwick Wilkes (d. 1843), Jane Wilkes, John Slidell (1793-1871), John Torrey (1796-1873), John Wilkes (1827-1908), Joseph Drayton, Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Mary Lynch Bolton Wilkes, Wilkes family, William Compton Bolton (d. 1849)

Time

1861-1865, 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, To 1900

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
September 6, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import