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Theory of the winds / by 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
Subject:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
116 p. : ill., 3 charts (1 fold.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1856
Topic:
Winds  Search this
Navigation  Search this
Call number:
QC931 .W68
QC931.W68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_140005

Around the World with the Smithsonian

Author:
Craig, William O  Search this
Subject:
Poey, Felipe 1799-1891  Search this
Perry, Matthew Calbraith 1794-1858  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Gilliss, J. M (James Melville) 1811-1865  Search this
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Rush, Richard 1780-1859  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919  Search this
Goddard, Robert Hutchings 1882-1945  Search this
Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906  Search this
Mann, William M. 1886-1960  Search this
Small, Lawrence M  Search this
Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001  Search this
Smithsonian Seal  Search this
United States Exploring Expedition (USEE)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution General History  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Establishment of  Search this
United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854  Search this
National Institute  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)  Search this
Freer Gallery of Art  Search this
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this
National Zoological Park (U.S.) Early History  Search this
National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)  Search this
National Collection of Fine Arts  Search this
National Zoological Park (U.S.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of International Activities  Search this
National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Expedition to the East Indies, 1937  Search this
Smithsonian Associates, The  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Arctic Studies Center  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)  Search this
Foreign Currency Program (FCP)  Search this
Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of International Relations  Search this
Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition to East Africa (1926)  Search this
Amazonia Exhibit  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages : 142
Date:
2004
Topic:
Smithson Bequest  Search this
Seals (Numismatics)  Search this
SI, Early History  Search this
Wright Brothers  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Rockets (Aeronautics)  Search this
Giant panda  Search this
Folk festivals  Search this
International Activities  Search this
Latin America--Research  Search this
Publisher:
Coral Springs, FL : Llumina Press
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_11389

Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

Author:
Philbrick, Nathaniel  Search this
Subject:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
United States Exploring Expedition (USEE)  Search this
Edition:
First edition
Physical description:
Number of pages : 452 pp
Place:
Antarctica
Date:
2003
Topic:
Hydrographic surveying  Search this
Explorations and Expeditions  Search this
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Collectors and collecting  Search this
National Collections  Search this
Publisher:
New York: The Viking Press
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10880

Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana

Author:
Dana, James Dwight 1813-1895  Search this
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (various pagings) illus., fold. map. 23 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1847
1853
1847-[1853]
Topic:
Crustacea  Search this
Call number:
QL435.A1 D168
QL435.A1D168
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_166591

View of the Antarctic Continent, (painting)

Painter:
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 (copy after)  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings-Copy
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library New Haven Connecticut 06520
Date:
1871
Topic:
Landscape--Antarctica  Search this
Waterscape--Weather--Snow  Search this
Control number:
IAP 07261424
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_38179

U.S.S. Vincennes, (painting)

Painter:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Peabody Essex Museum East India Square Salem Massachusetts 01970 Accession Number: M265
Topic:
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Control number:
IAP 22660755
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_270396

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. By Charles Wilkes... In five volumes, with thirteen maps..

Author:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Subject:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
5 v. fronts. (v. 1-2, ports.) illus. (incl. plans, music) plates, maps (part fold.) 26 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Oceania
South America
Hawaii
Oregon
Antarctica
Date:
1849
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
Q115 .W68 1849
Q115.W68 1849
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_70920

Defence: The following defence of Lieut. Charles Wilkes to the charges on which he has been tried is respectfully submitted to the court

Defendant:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Subject:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
56 p. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1842
1842?]
Call number:
Q115 .W72X
Q115.W72X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_164349

Shigisan Bishamon tennō wasan

Former owner:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet ([41] p.) ; 14 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1800
1899
18--?]
Topic:
Buddhist hymns, Japanese  Search this
Shingon (Sect)  Search this
Call number:
BL1477.3 .S55
BL1477.3.S55
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_166557

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. By Charles Wilkes ... With illustrations and maps. In five volumes ..

Author:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Subject:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
5 v. fronts. (v. 1-2, 4-5) illus., plates, ports., maps (part double) tables. and atlas of 5 fold. maps. 28 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 1845
Q115.W68 1845
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_145069

Collections of the United States South Sea surveying and exploring expedition : 1838, 9, 40, 41, & 42 / by T.R. Peale

Title:
United States Exploring Expedition under Captain Wilkes
Author:
Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Subject:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
44 leaves ; 28 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Antarctica
Oceania
Date:
1846
Topic:
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
Q115 .P43 1846a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_637023

Charles Wilkes and the exploration of inland Washington waters : journals from the expedition of 1841 / edited by Richard W. Blumenthal

Author:
Blumenthal, Richard W. 1946-  Search this
Subject:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
v, 314 p. : maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Diaries
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
19th century
Topic:
Scientific expeditions--History  Search this
Ethnological expeditions--History  Search this
Voyages around the world--History  Search this
Explorers  Search this
Sailors  Search this
Seafaring life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_929407

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. By Charles Wilkes ... With illustrations and maps. 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. fronts. (v. 1-2, 4-5) illus., plates, ports., maps (part double) tables. and atlas of 5 fold. 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_227517

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. : During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / By Charles Wilkes ... ; with illustrations and maps ; in five volumes

Author:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Subject:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
5 v. : ill., maps ; 23 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 1845b2
Q115.W68 1845b2
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_229634

United States Exploring Expedition. During the year 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N..

Author:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
United States Congress  Search this
Engraver:
Dougal, William H. 1822-1895  Search this
Illustrator:
Stuart, Fred D.  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Subject:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
19 v. in 21. illus., plates, ports., maps, plans, tables, diagrs. 33 x 25 cm. + atlas (11 v. ; 57 x 37 cm.)
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Antarctica
Northwest Coast of North America
Date:
1844
1844-1874
Topic:
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Call number:
Q115 .W6X
Q115.W6X 1844
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_298484
Online Media:

Meteorology. By Charles Wilkes ... With twenty-five illustrations

Author:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Former owner:
United States Department of State Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
lviii, [6], 726, [22] p., [25] leaves of plates (1 folded) : charts, map ; 33 cm
Type:
Observations
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Date:
1851
Topic:
Meteorology  Search this
Marine meteorology  Search this
Call number:
QC993 .W68 1851
QC993.W68 1851
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_229684

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. / by Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., . .

Author:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Physical description:
v.5
Type:
Books
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_534508

United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)

Alternate Name:
Wilkes Expedition  Search this
United States South Seas Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842  Search this
Record type:
Expedition name
Place:
South America
Tierra del Fuego
South Pacific Ocean
Australia
New Zealand
Antarctica
Hawaiian Islands
Oregon
Washington
California
Philippine Islands
Fiji
Cape of Good Hope
Saint Helena
Date Range:
1838 - 1842
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Anthropology  Search this
Botany  Search this
Ichthyology  Search this
Invertebrates  Search this
See more records related to participants:
Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896
Brackenridge, William D (William Dunlop), 1810-1893
Rich, William, 1800-1864
Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
Couthouy, Joseph Pitty, 1808-1864
Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885
Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
Drayton, Joseph
See more records related to affiliated organizations:
United States Navy
See more records related to this expedition:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:auth_exp_fbr_EACE0051

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

Author:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Subject:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
5 v. ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Oceania
South America
Hawaii
Oregon
Antarctica
Date:
1856
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
Q115 .W68 1856
Q115.W68 1856
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_227176

Columbia River to the Sacramento / by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N Commander United States Exploring Expediton 1839 to 1842

Author:
Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877  Search this
Subject:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)  Search this
Physical description:
x, 140, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates (2 folded): ill., maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Oregon
California
Date:
1958
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F592 .W68 1958
F592.W68 1958
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_283891

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