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Wilkes Expedition Collections Transferred from Patent Office to Smithsonian

Subject:: Smithson, James 1765-1829 Search this; Henry, Joseph 1797-1878 Search this; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this; Brackenridge, William D (William Dunlop) 1810-1893 Search this; Board of Regents Search this; Patent Office Building (POB) Search this; Smithsonian Institution Building Regents' Room Search this; Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.) Search this; United States Exploring Expedition (USEE) Search this; United States Patent Office Search this; United States Congress Search this; National Institute Search this; National Institute for the Promotion of Science Search this

Date:: March 3, 1857

Topic:: Expenditures, Public Search this; Exhibitions Search this; Finance Search this; Interagency Transfers Search this; Major Events in Smithsonian History Search this; National Collections Search this; Scientific apparatus and instruments Search this; Scientific expeditions Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sic_676

Reed Bead Necklaces (2)

Collector:: Horatio Hale Search this

Donor Name:: United States Exploring Expedition Search this

Length - Object:: 66 cm; 71 cm; 160 cm

Unknown - Object:: 180 cm

Culture:: Aboriginal Australian Search this

Object Type:: Necklace

Place:: Wellington Valley, New South Wales, Australia

Accession Date:: 1858

Collection Date:: 1839 to 1840

Topic:: Ethnology Search this

Accession Number:: 66A00050

USNM Number:: E5802-0

See more items in:: Anthropology

Data Source:: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

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The stormy petrel and the whale : some origins of Moby-Dick / David Jaffé

Author:: Jaffé, David Search this

Subject:: Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Moby Dick Search this; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Narrative of the United States exploring expedition Search this

Physical description:: vii, 76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Type:: Biography

Place:: United States

Date:: 1976; C1976

Topic:: Explorers Search this

Call number:: PS2384.M62 J3X; PS2384.M62J3X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_90747

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Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes ... ; in five volumes

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this

Former owner:: Stuart, Fred D. DSI Search this; United States Department of State Library DSI Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: 5 v. [73] leaves of plates (9 folded) : ill., maps, music, ports. ; 34 cm. boxed to 38 cm. + 1 atlas (5 folded col. maps ; 34 cm. boxed to 38 cm.)

Type:: Books

Place:: Oceania; South America; Hawaii; Oregon; Antarctica

Date:: 1845

Topic:: Discovery and exploration Search this; Description and travel Search this

Call number:: Q115 .W68 1845b; Q115.W68 1845b

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_396768

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Sea of glory : America's voyage of discovery : the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / Nathaniel Philbrick

Author:: Philbrick, Nathaniel Search this

Subject:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: xxv, 452 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: United States; Oceania

Date:: 2003; 19th century

Topic:: Ethnological expeditions--History Search this; Ethnology--History Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_720738

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The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 [electronic resource]

Title:: U.S. Exploring Expedition

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this; Philbrick, Nathaniel Search this; Overstreet, Leslie K Search this; Walsh, Jane MacLaren Search this; Smithsonian Institution Libraries Search this; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Type:: Electronic resources

Place:: United States; Oceania; South America; Northwest Coast of North America; Hawaii; Oregon; Antarctica

Date:: 2004; 2004-

Topic:: Scientific expeditions Search this; Discovery and exploration Search this; Description and travel Search this

Call number:: Q115

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_743329

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The stormy petrel and the whale : some origins of Moby-Dick / David Jaffé

Author:: Jaffé, David Search this

Subject:: Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Moby Dick Search this; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Narrative of the United States exploring expedition Search this

Physical description:: vii, 76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Type:: Biography

Place:: United States

Date:: 1976; C1976

Topic:: Explorers Search this

Call number:: PS2384.M62 J3X; PS2384.M62J3X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_90748

view Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes .. ; in five volumes and an atlas digital asset number 1

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes .. ; in five volumes and an atlas

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: 5 v., [73] leaves of plates (9 folded) : ill., maps, music, ports. ; 29 cm. + 1 atlas (5 folded col. maps ; 29 cm.)

Type:: Electronic resources

Place:: Oceania; South America; Hawaii; Oregon; Antarctica

Date:: 1845

Topic:: Discovery and exploration Search this; Description and travel Search this

Call number:: Q115 .W68 1845c; Q115.W68 1845c

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_396767

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The hidden coasts; a biography of Admiral Charles Wilkes

Author:: Henderson, Daniel 1880-1955 Search this

Subject:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this

Physical description:: 306 p. port., map (on lining papers) 22 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1953

Call number:: E340.W6H4X 1953

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_406801

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes ; in five volumes, and an atlas

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: 5 v. : ill., maps, plans, ports. ; 34 cm. + 1 atlas (5 folded leaves of plates : 5 maps ; 34 cm.)

Type:: Electronic resources

Place:: United States; Oceania; South America; Hawaii; Oregon; Antarctica

Date:: 1845; 1845, c1844

Topic:: Voyages around the world Search this; Scientific expeditions Search this; Discovery and exploration Search this; American Search this; Description and travel Search this

Call number:: Q115 .W68 1845b; Q115.W68 1845b

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_437581

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view 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 ... on the twentieth of June 1842 ; to which is added a list of officers and scientific corps attached to the expedition digital asset number 1

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 ... on the twentieth of June 1842 ; to which is added a list of officers and scientific corps attached to the expedition

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this

Engraver:: Stone, William James 1798-1865 Search this

Former owner:: Dall, William Healey 1845-1927 DSI Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: 56 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 24 cm

Type:: Electronic resources

Place:: United States

Date:: 1842

Topic:: Discovery and exploration Search this

Call number:: Q115 .W7 1842

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_455562

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Lt. Charles Wilkes and the great U.S. Exploring Expedition / Cheri Wolfe

Author:: Wolfe, Cheri Search this

Subject:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Juvenile literature Search this; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Juvenile literature Search this; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: 111 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1991

Topic:: Voyages around the world--Juvenile literature Search this

Call number:: G420.U55W65 1991X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_409807

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Theory of the winds / by Captain Charles Wilkes ... ; read before the American Scientific Association at Providence, August 20th, 1855 ; accompanied by a map of the world, showing the extent and direction of the winds ; to which is added Sailing directions for a voyage around the world by the same author

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Sailing directions for a voyage around the world Search this; American Scientific Association Search this

Illustrator:: Stuart, Fred D. Search this

Engraver:: Dougal, William H. 1822-1895 Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: iv, [3], 8-116 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., map ; 26 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1856

Topic:: Winds Search this; Navigation Search this

Call number:: QC931 .W68 1856

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_455538

view Duplicate shells collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under Capt. C. Wilkes, U.S.N digital asset number 1

Duplicate shells collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under Capt. C. Wilkes, U.S.N

Author:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this; Smithsonian Institution Search this; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: 4 leaves ; 25 cm

Type:: Catalogs and collections

Date:: 1865; 1865]

Topic:: Shells Search this

Call number:: QL406 .U55 1865

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_457311

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Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877)

Container:: Box 5 of 7

Type:: Archival materials

Collection Citation:: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-107, National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits, Special Exhibition Records

See more items in:: Special Exhibition Records; Special Exhibition Records / Box 5

Archival Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-sia-fa94-107-refidd1e2355

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Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron, commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842 : together with explorations and discoveries made by Admiral d'Urville, Captain Ross, and other navigators and travellers : and an account of the expedition to the Dead Sea, under Lieutenant Lynch / by John S. Jenkins ... ; with numerous illustrations

Title:: United States exploring expeditions

Author:: Jenkins, John S (John Stilwell) 1818-1852 Search this; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: 517 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (steel engravings), map ; 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Oceania; South America; Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan)

Date:: 1850

Topic:: Discovery and exploration Search this

Call number:: G170 .J52 1850

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_827576

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The private journal of William Reynolds : United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / edited with an introduction and notes by Nathaniel Philbrick and Thomas Philbrick

Author:: Reynolds, William 1815-1879 Search this; Philbrick, Nathaniel Search this; Philbrick, Thomas Search this; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Subject:: Reynolds, William 1815-1879 Search this; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: xvi, 334 p. ; 20 cm

Type:: Diaries

Place:: United States

Date:: 2004; 19th century

Topic:: Voyages around the world--History Search this; Scientific expeditions--History Search this; Ethnological expeditions--History Search this; Explorers Search this; Sailors Search this; Seafaring life Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_759073

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Narrative of the United States' Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: vi, 372 p. 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Oceania; South America; Hawaii; Oregon; Antarctica

Date:: 1845; [1845?]

Topic:: Discovery and exploration Search this; Description and travel Search this

Call number:: Q115 .W68 1845l; Q115.W68 1845l

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_310468

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Voyage round the world : embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : in one volume : illustrated with one hundred and seventy-eight engravings on wood / by Charles Wilkes ..

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: xx, 668 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Oceania; South America; Hawaii; Oregon; Antarctica

Date:: 1849

Topic:: Discovery and exploration Search this; Description and travel Search this

Call number:: Q115 .W682 1849; Q115.W682 1849

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_355832

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Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this

Subject:: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Physical description:: 5 v. illus., maps, ports. 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Oceania; South America; Hawaii; Oregon; Antarctica

Date:: 1970; [1970, c1844]

Topic:: Discovery and exploration Search this; Description and travel Search this

Call number:: Q115.W66 1970X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_307570

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Wilkes Expedition Collections Transferred from Patent Office to Smithsonian

Reed Bead Necklaces (2)

Online Media:

The stormy petrel and the whale : some origins of Moby-Dick / David Jaffé

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes ... ; in five volumes

Sea of glory : America's voyage of discovery : the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / Nathaniel Philbrick

The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 [electronic resource]

The stormy petrel and the whale : some origins of Moby-Dick / David Jaffé

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes .. ; in five volumes and an atlas

The hidden coasts; a biography of Admiral Charles Wilkes

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes ; in five volumes, and an atlas

Online Media:

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 ... on the twentieth of June 1842 ; to which is added a list of officers and scientific corps attached to the expedition

Lt. Charles Wilkes and the great U.S. Exploring Expedition / Cheri Wolfe

Duplicate shells collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under Capt. C. Wilkes, U.S.N

Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877)

The private journal of William Reynolds : United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / edited with an introduction and notes by Nathaniel Philbrick and Thomas Philbrick

Narrative of the United States' Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / by Charles Wilkes

Voyage round the world : embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : in one volume : illustrated with one hundred and seventy-eight engravings on wood / by Charles Wilkes ..

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition

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