Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition

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Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition is a multi-volume 19th-century account by Charles Wilkes detailing the U.S. Navy’s pioneering global scientific and exploratory voyage of 1838–1842.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
exploration report ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
author Charles Wilkes ⓘ
commissionedBy United States Navy ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describesEvent United States Exploring Expedition ⓘ
describesTimePeriod 1838–1842 ⓘ
documentsActivity anthropological observation ⓘ
coastal charting ⓘ
hydrographic surveying ⓘ
scientific specimen collection ⓘ
documentsRegion Antarctic coast ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
genre nautical literature ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
scientific report ⓘ
hasIllustrations true ⓘ
historicalSignificance key primary source on 19th-century American naval exploration ⓘ
major early U.S. contribution to global scientific exploration ⓘ
includes maps ⓘ
plates ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 5 ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1845 ⓘ
placeOfPublication Philadelphia ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publisher Lea & Blanchard ⓘ
relatedWork Atlas to the Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition ⓘ
subject Antarctica ⓘ
Oregon Country ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
South Seas ⓘ
U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy

United States Exploring Expedition ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
scientific exploration ⓘ

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Charles Wilkes → publication → Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition ⓘ
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition → relatedWork → Atlas to the Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition ⓘ
linked to: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition