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	Antarctic Explorers: Charles Wilkes
		Wilkes abandoned the expedition and sent the SEA GULL to Deception Island where her captain was to land and collect a self-registering thermometer that was left on the island in 1829.
		Charles Wilkes was not aware of the fact that the RELIEF nearly wrecked at the entrance to the straits and that she, like the PEACOCK, had decided to sail directly to Valparaíso.
		Wilkes decided too much time would be lost trying to fight his way back to Macquarie Island so the VINCENNES and PORPOISE continued on to their second rendezvous point where they would wait for the other two ships.
	www.south-pole.com /p0000079.htm (2774 words)

	Charles Wilkes - LoveToKnow 1911
		CHARLES WILKES (1798-1877), American naval officer and explorer, was born in New York City on the 3rd of April 1798.
		Of these Wilkes wrote the Narrative (6 vols., 1845; 5 vols., 1850) and the volumes Hydrography and Meteorology (1851).
		farther W. That Wilkes discovered an Antarctic continent was long doubted, and one of the charges against him when he was court-martialled was that he had fabricated this discovery, but the expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1908-1909 corroborated Wilkes.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Charles_Wilkes (487 words)

	Wilkes
		Three days later, Wilkes was detached from the formation and proceeded to Trinidad, where she refueled before sailing for the Virginia capes and arrived at Norfolk on 25 July.
		On the 26th, Wilkes and Swanson (DD-443) were detached and proceeded to Ulithi Atoll for upkeep and repairs.
		Wilkes departed the west coast on 16 November, transited the Panama Canal, and reached Charleston, S.C., on 2 December.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/w8/wilkes-iii.htm (4525 words)

	WILKES, CHARLES. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For his survey (1832–33) of Narragansett Bay he was designated (1833) head of the department of charts and instruments of the navy.
		In command of a government exploring expedition Wilkes, then a lieutenant, set sail (1838) from Norfolk, Va., with a squadron of six ships; he was accompanied by trained scientists.
		Wilkes explored Fiji in 1840, visited the Hawaiian group, and in May, 1841, entered the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Pacific coast of the United States, and explored the Pacific Northwest.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/wi/Wilkes-C.html (258 words)

	Charles Wilkes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Charles Wilkes was not the Navy's first choice to command the United States Exploring Expedition, the "Wilkes Expedition," of 1838-1842.
		Nevertheless, the Navy put Wilkes in charge of the flagship US Vincennes and five support vessels, and for the next five years, he would guide his small flotilla on the last circumnavigation of the globe accomplished by sail.
		Charles Wilkes would continue his Navy career - albeit as storm-tossed as some of his voyages - for another 24 years.
	www.smast.umassd.edu /Fisheries/ESDIM/wilkes.htm (215 words)

	CDiscovering Charles Wilkes
		It was during this period that Wilkes first met some of the characters whose business dealings would continue to embroil him in legal problems for the rest of his life: starting with J. Humphrey Bissell who claimed to be one of the five owners, each with deeds to one quarter of the property.
		Partners Bridgers and Bissell saw Charles Wilkes as a source of capital to fund their return to prosperity, and Wilkes saw the iron business as a means of securing his personal fortune and support for his family.
		Wilkes' employment of freedmen and the establishment of a Freedmen's School at High Shoals was entirely consistent with his convictions: and a contrast to his son John's enslavement, purchase and sale of fls to run the Charlotte operations through the 1860s.
	www.hnsa.org /conf2004/papers/bbrose.htm (3012 words)

	Charles Wilkes - MSN Encarta
		Charles Wilkes (1798-1877), American naval officer and explorer, born in New York City.
		In 1830 he was made head of the newly established Depot of Charts and Instruments, which became the Naval Observatory.
		He received command of a U.S. government expedition (1838-42) that explored the northwest coast of North America and the part of the coast of Antarctica that was later named Wilkes Land; charted almost 300 Pacific islands; and circumnavigated the globe.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555995/Charles_Wilkes.html (214 words)

	[Letter] 1845 January 16, Philadelphia [to] Mr. [Crainch?] Bond, Cambridge, Massachusetts / Charles Wilkes.
		Wilkes thanks the recipient for his letter and apologizes for not answering sooner; the letter was routed to his home, which he has almost abandoned, finding it impossible to work on proofreading his book at a distance.
		Wilkes states that the public anticipate this book with impatience and his friends have shown solicitude and anxiety as he organizes the product of four years of his labor from the Expedition.
		Wilkes goes on to discuss observatories in Boston and Washington.
	digital.lib.lehigh.edu /remain/503/index.html (120 words)

	Charles Wilkes and American Science in the Age of Sail
		And Humboldt was clearly Wilkes' model: throughout the voyage measurements of ocean temperature and salinity, of the speed and direction of the winds, and of the barometric pressure and gravitational pull of every mountain and volcano were made and recorded by Wilkes and the midshipmen under his command.
		Wilkes' "gentlemen of the scientific corps" were given a nearly free hand to collect and describe thousands of species, many new to science.
		Charles Wilkes was the champion of this scientific endeavor, but as it turned out, reasonably well-paid scientific postings were no longer a government monopoly and few members of the scientific corps were anxious to study the ExEx collections for the government upon their return.
	www.hnsa.org /conf2004/papers/dbrose.htm (5076 words)

	Wilkes, Charles - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877, American naval officer and explorer, b.
		Wilkes, then a lieutenant, set sail (1838) from Norfolk, Va., in charge of a squadron of six ships and 346 seamen, and accompanied by a team of nine scientists and artists.
		The impetuosity of his nature, for which he was twice court-martialed, was demonstrated when early in the Civil War, as commander of the San Jacinto, he stopped the British mail ship Trent and, contrary to all regulations, forcibly removed Confederate commissioners John Slidell and James M. Mason.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-wilkes-c.html (658 words)

	Charles Wilkes, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
		Charles Wilkes was born in New York City on April 3, 1798, the son of John De Ponthieu and Mary Seton Wilkes.
		A relative, Gilbert Wilkes III, Lieutenant (jg) (1926-2003), United States Navy, and a graduate of the United States Naval Academy is buried in Section 2, Grave 1166.
		Charles Wilkes, Commander, United States Navy, is buried nearby in Section 2.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /cwilkes.htm (1015 words)

	Charles Wilkes - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Charles Wilkes - Search View - MSN Encarta
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		Additional impulsive actions caused Wilkes to be court-martialed in 1864.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761555995__1/Charles_Wilkes.html (270 words)

	Charles Wilkes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1838, Wilkes was offered the command of the US Exploring Expedition - for some reason, it had been declined several times by senior officers.
		Wilkes himself set off south with the "Porpoise" and the "Sea Gull" to see how far he could penetrate the pack ice.
		Wilkes was therefore placed on the retired list, never to sail again.
	www.icevision.com /resources/history/explorers/wilkes (290 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877)
		The Wilkes Expedition surveyed Antarctica, visited Hawaii, and encountered the wild entrance to the Columbia River, in Wilkes' words, "one of the most fearful sights that can possibly meet the eye of the sailor." Unable to cross the bar, he decided to first chart Puget Sound, then return to the River of the West (Columbia).
		Looking at Sinclair's work, Wilkes concluded that the Elliott Bay anchorage was not impressive due to "the great depth of water as well as the extensive mud flats … [that] are exposed at low water." He noted the westerly prevailing winds and occasional heavy seas at the entrance to the bay.
		Charles Wilkes had no "Indian policy," but he issued a general order to his officers reminding them of the fates that had befallen previous explorers to the Pacific Northwest.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=5226 (1408 words)

	Charles Wilkes Papers (Library of Congress)
		Copyright Status: The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Charles Wilkes is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
		The papers illustrate much of the career of Charles Wilkes, including his command of the exploring expedition of 1838-1842, which engaged in surveys and exploration of the Antarctic, islands in the Pacific Ocean, and the northwest coast of the United States.
		Included in the Family Correspondence series are letters of Charles Wilkes, his son John, daughters Jane and Eliza, his wives, Jane Renwick and Mary Lynch Bolton, and cousins and other family members.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/wilkes.html (1541 words)

	Charles Wilkes and the US Exploring Expedition
		Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, as he was then, though he was a Rear-Admiral before he died, and rather lucky as well.
		Wilkes was court-martialled twice, and found guilty twice, the second time for almost provoking war with England, and yet he still ended up Rear Admiral.
		This meant that Wilkes was not only denied his discovery of new land, he was made to look universally foolish, both in the Pacific, and back in America.
	members.ozemail.com.au /~macinnis/ockhams/wilkes.htm (2558 words)

	Wilkes-Barre birthday celebration announcements \| timesleader.com – The Times Leader
		Kevin is the grandson of Stan and Rita Pohutsky, Wilkes-Barre; Charles Roth, Emmaus; the late Sandra Roth.
		Eric is the grandson of Charles and Sharon Stanski, Plains Township; Gregory Zawatski, Ashley; the late Mary Zawatski.
		Carter is the grandson of George and Mary Ann Maguschak, Forty Fort; Charles and Virginia McGonigal, Richfield, Ohio.
	www.timesleader.com /living/birthdays (11498 words)

	Charles Wilkes Biography \| scit_051_package.xml
		Wilkes was actually the fourth or fifth person asked to lead this expedition, but those asked before him either refused or left.
		Following his return, Wilkes found himself court-martialed for inaccurate records (one British ship was logged as sailing across a stretch of what Wilkes recorded as solid land), excessive discipline, and possible falsification of records.
		Based in large part on this expedition, Wilkes was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1866 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, his tombstone commemorating his discovery of the Antarctic continent.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/charles-wilkes-scit-051 (613 words)

	Charles R. Wilkes -- Wilkes Technologies Resume
		Wilkes C, Koontz M, Ryan M, and Cinalli C. “Estimation of emission profiles for interior latex paint.” Proceedings: The Seventh International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate.
		Wilkes C., Modeling human inhalation exposure to VOCs due to volatilization from a contaminated water supply, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, April, 1994.
		Wilkes CR, Small MJ, Davidson CI, Andelman JB, and Pandian MD. “A human activity-indoor air quality model for predicting inhalation exposures to VOCs.” Proceedings: The Sixth International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate.
	www.wilkestech.com /chalesres.htm (2479 words)

	Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the Unites States Exploring Expedition, 1845 First edition
		Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the Unites States Exploring Expedition, 1845 First edition
		Commissioned by the U.S. government in 1836 to promote "the great interests of commerce and navigation" and "to extend the bounds of science, and promote the acquisition of knowledge", the U.S. Exploring Expedition, led by Charles Wilkes, was a monumental naval achievement.
		With a well-trained crew that included naturalists, scientists, artists, and sailors, the Expedition circumnavigated the globe, resulting in discoveries in anthropology, geology, zoology, botany, and cartography that laid the foundation for much of American science in the nineteenth century.
	www.theworldsgreatbooks.com /wilkes.htm (255 words)

	Information about U.S. First Day of Issue Maximum Card: 25¢ Charles Wilkes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Commanded by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes of the U.S. Navy, the South Sea Exploring Expedition was led by the flagship Vincennes.
		Wilkes described passage through the Antarctic sea as much like travel through an "immense city of ruined alabaster palaces...
		Wilkes' journey opened a new and uniquely hostile frontier -- a frontier which presented a fabulous beckoning challenge to the adventurous spirit of man.
	www.unicover.com /EA4OCVAG.HTM (435 words)

	Charles Wilkes Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		From 1803 to 1806 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led an expedition through the interior of North America to the Pacific coast.
		A little more than thirty years later Lt. Charles Wilkes of the United States Navy captained an oceanic expedition that produced the first clear evidence that Antarctica was a continent, charted hundreds of South Pacific islands, and mapped the northwestern coast of North America.
		Wilkes, who served in the navy for more than fifty years and faced two courts-martial for his headstrong actions and his unguarded opinions of his superiors, deserves more attention than he has received from scholars.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/charles-wilkes-dlb (184 words)

	During an exploring expedition, Captain Charles Wilkes sights the coast of easte...
		During an exploring expedition, Captain Charles Wilkes sights the coast of easte...
		During an exploring expedition, Captain Charles Wilkes sights the coast of eastern Antarctica and claims it for the United States.
		Wilkes' group had set out in 1838, sailing around South America to the South Pacific and then to Antarctica, where they explored a 1,500-mile stretch of the eastern Antarctic coast that later became known as what?
	www.funtrivia.com /askft/Question54392.html (110 words)

	CVO Menu - Cascades Volcano Observatory - The Volcanoes of Charles Wilkes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The expedition, headed by Charles Wilkes, left in 1838 and returned in 1842.
		A large number of Puget Sound names which are still in use today were provided by Wilkes' expedition, Commencement Bay (where he started his charting of the sound) and Elliott Bay among them.
		James Dwight Dana of Yale University, while sailing with the Charles Wilkes U.S. Exploring Expedition, saw the peak (then quiescent) from off the mouth of the Columbia River in 1841.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /LivingWith/Historical/volcanoes_charles_wilkes.html (233 words)

	Picture History - Charles Wilkes (1798-1877)
		Charles Wilkes was a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.
		In 1861 Wilkes arrested Mason and Slidell, two Confederate commissioners, which precipitated the Trent Affair: Wilkes arrested the men on a British steamer, the "Trent," and they were held in Boston for several months.
		During the Civil War Wilkes was promoted to commodore (1862).
	www.picturehistory.com /find/p/19775/mcms.html (153 words)

	Charles Wilkes
		WILKES, Charles, naval officer, born in New York city, 3 April, ]798; died in Washington, D. C., 8 February, 1877.
		Seward complied, saying in his despatch that, although the commissioners and their papers were contraband of war, and therefore Wilkes was right in capturing them, he should have taken the "Trent" into port as a prize for adjudication.
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	www.famousamericans.net /charleswilkes (730 words)

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