Charles Wilkes

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Noun1.Charles Wilkes - United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)Charles Wilkes - United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)
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1840 Captain Charles Wilkes discovered the coast of Antarctica.
ON THIS DAY; January 19
Exploring Expedition, commanded by Charles Wilkes, had returned two years previously from its three-year, ten-month, government-sponsored "surveying and exploring expedition to the Pacific Ocean and South seas." (5) The Wilkes Expedition was dispatched to satisfy "an ever increasing demand on the part of American commercial interests for better and fuller information concerning those remote and poorly charted regions." (6) As with Fremont's expedition, Wilkes was also able to assist in the exploration of the Pacific Northwest expedition.
Publishing the U.S. exploring expedition: the fruits of the glorious enterprise
Presented in this volume are twelve biographies of men who built up America's overseas territories: Charles Wilkes, Richard W.
Planting the American flag; twelve men who expanded the United States overseas
Under Charles Wilkes and Maury, it quickly moved beyond this restricted use to extend its work to geomagnetic, astronomical, and meteorological observations that soon brought it into the forefront of scientific research, bringing global credit to the U.S.
Dick, Steven J. Sky and Ocean Joined: the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000
When Lieutenant Charles Wilkes set out as the head of the four-year "America's first ocean-going voyage of discovery" in 1838, his mandate was to see if a continent existed at the South Pole (yes--Antarctica), to survey and map unclaimed islands and the mouth of the Columbia River, and to collect specimens of all kinds.
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) was appointed midshipman a year before Ringgold in 1818 and lieutenant two years before Ringgold in 1826.
CADWALADER RINGGOLD, U. S. NAVY
In 1840 and 1841, there were expeditions led by Dumont d'Urville from France, Charles Wilkes from the United States, and James Clark Ross from Great Britain.
The race to the South Pole
In 1838 navy lieutenant Charles Wilkes commanded the first U.S.
Facing West: Americans and the Opening of the Pacific
Charles Wilkes laid claim to a portion of the continent of Antarctica for the U.S.
1840: Exploration and settlement; wars; government; civil rights; statistics
Morgan, William James, et al., eds., Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S.
Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877)
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