BOOK
Title:
Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1788-1877
Creators:
Morgan, William James | Kane, John D. H. | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 | United States Naval History Division.
Publication:
Navy Dept., Naval History Division, Washington, 1978.
Notes:
Includes index. Introduction by Rear Admiral John D. H. Kane, Jr., USN (Ret.). Item 399-A. S/N 008-046-00076-0. Facsimiles on lining papers
Extent:
xxii, 944 p. : ill., facsim, ports. ; 26 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes [obituary]
Alt. Title:
American journal of science and arts
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, ser.3, v.13
Publication:
New Haven, 1877.
Call #:
505 AM3J SER.3 V.13
BOOK
Title:
The hidden coasts: a biography of Admiral Charles Wilkes
Creator:
Henderson, Daniel, 1880-1955
Publication:
Sloane, New York, 1953.
Notes:
Map on lining papers. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 287-293.
Extent:
306 p. : map., port. ; 22 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
Wilkes expedition publications in New Zealand
Parent:
Bulletin of the New York public library ... v.50, no.10
Creator:
Alexander Turnbull Library
Publication:
New York public library, New York, 1946.
Extent:
p.787-788 ; quarto.
BOOK
Title:
The Wilkes chronology; an historical and genealogical document
Creator:
Wilkes, Charles Denby, 1895-1961
Publication:
Printed privately by Klausfelder, Vevey, Switzerland, 1959.
Extent:
67 p. : illus. ; octavo.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Expedition shells: described for the United States exploring expedition, commanded by Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., during the years 1838-1842
Creators:
Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866 | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Publication:
Printed by Freeman and Bolles, Boston, 1846.
Notes:
Imperfect: p.33-40 wanting. "From the 'Proceedings of the Boston society of natural history.' "
Call #:
590 Pam. v.2, no.13
ANALYTIC
Title:
Exploration as science: Charles Wilkes and the U.S. exploring expedition, 1838-42
Parent:
American scientist, v.73, no.5
Publication:
New Haven], 1985.
Call #:
505 AM3S V.73, NO.5
Extent:
p.450-461 : illus. maps ; 28 1/2 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
Why American should re-explore Wilkes land
Parent:
American Philosophical Society. Proceedings, v.48, no.191
Creator:
Balch, Edwin Swift, 1856-1927
Publication:
Philadelphia, Pa, 1909.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Call #:
506.73 Am4p v.48, no.191
Extent:
p. 34-50., [1] fold. leaf of plates : map ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The stormy petrel and the whale: some origins of Moby-Dick
Publication:
Printed by Port City Press, Baltimore, 1976.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 75-76.
Extent:
vii, 76 p. : illus., ports. ; 21 1/2 cm.
ANALYTIC
Parent:
American Heritage, v.17, no.5
Creator:
Andrist, Ralph K.
Publication:
New York, 1966.
Call #:
973.06 AM3SA V.17, NO.5
Extent:
p.60-63, 92-103 : illus. ; quarto.
BOOK
Title:
Memorial of officers of the Exploring Expedition, praying the investigation of certain statements and allegations contained in the narrative of that expedition affecting their characters
Creators:
Walker, William M. | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 | United States Congress(29th, 2nd session)
Publication:
Washington, 1847.
Call #:
328.73 Un3b v.494, docu
Extent:
18 p. ; 23 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Memorial of officers of the Exploring Expedition, praying the investigation of certain statements and allegations contained in the narrative of that expedition affecting their characters
Creators:
Walker, William M. | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 | United States Congress(29th, 2nd session)
Publication:
Washington, 1847.
Call #:
328.73 Un3b v.499, docu
Extent:
18 p. ; 23 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842
Creator:
Stanton, William Ragan, 1925-
Publication:
University of California Press, Berkeley, c1975.
Notes:
Includes index. Maps on lining-papers. Bibliography: p. 412-416.
Extent:
x, 433 p. : fronts., ports., illus. ; 24 1/2 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
Outfitting the United States exploring expedition: Lieutenant Charles Wilkes' European assignment, August-November, 1836
Parent:
American Philosophical Society. Proceedings, v.109, no.3
Creator:
Borthwick, Doris Esch.
Publication:
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1965.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Call #:
506.73 Am4p v.109, no.3
Extent:
pages 159-172 : illustrations, facsimiles ; 27 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
Uncovering the domographics of collecting: A case-study of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Parent:
Journal of the history of collections, v.28, no.2
Publication:
Oxford, Eng, 2016.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Call #:
069.5 J82 v.28, no.2
Extent:
p. [209]-223. : ill., facsim. ; 25 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
The discovery of Wilkes Land, Antarctica
Parent:
American Philosophical Society. Proceedings, v.82, no.5
Creator:
Hobbs, William Herbert, 1864-1952
Publication:
Philadelphia, Pa, 1940.
Notes:
From Centenary Celebration of The Wilkes Exploring Expedition ... 1838-1842 and Symposium on American Polar Exploration, February 1940. Includes bibliographical references.
Call #:
506.73 Am4p v.82, no.5
Extent:
p. 561-582. : ill., facsims., maps ; 25 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
The contribution of Wilkes to terrestrial magnetism, gravity and meteorology
Parent:
American Philosophical Society. Proceedings, v.82, no.5
Creator:
Reichelderfer, Francis W. (Francis Wilton), 1895-1983
Publication:
Philadelphia, Pa, 1940.
Notes:
From Centenary Celebration of The Wilkes Expedition .. 1838-1842 and Symposium on American Polar Exploration, February 1940. Includes bibliographical references.
Call #:
506.73 Am4p v.82, no.5
Extent:
p. 583-600. : ill., charts, facsims. ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane: and of other distinguished American explorers : containing narratives of their researches and adventures in remote and interesting portions of the globe
Creator:
Smucker, Samuel M. (Samuel Mosheim), 1823-1863
Publication:
J.W. Bradley, Philadelphia, 1859.
Notes:
Last 10 pages publisher's advertisements.
Extent:
406, [10] p. : port. ; 20 cm.
Subjects:
View Subjects
Kane, Elisha Kent, -- 1820-1857 |
Frémont, John Charles, -- 1813-1890 |
Ledyard, John, -- 1751-1789 |
Wilkes, Charles, -- 1798-1877 |
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, -- 1794-1858 |
Explorers -- United States BOOK
Title:
"As the wolf from the dog": American overseas exploration and the compartmentalization of human kind, 1838-1859
Creator:
Joyce, Barry Alan.
Publication:
Riverside, Cal, 1995.
Notes:
Concerns ethnological encounters on Charles Wilkes' expedition to Pacific and Elisha Kent Kane's Arctic search for John Franklin. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
x, 375 p. ; 29 cm.
