United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842

Whaling vessel, out of New London, Conn., mastered by Joseph B. Neal, Jr., on voyage 7 July 1875-2 Apr. 1876 to the Southwest Atlantic whaling grounds and sealing in Adventure Bay, Cumberland Bay, Flying Fish Harbor, Bay of Islands, and Sandwich Islands; owner-agent: Lawrence and Co.; built at Essex, Mass., 1857; bought from Gloucester, 1870. From the description of Logbook of the schooner Flying Fish, 1875 July 7-1876 Mar. 31. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat rec...

Oregon (Brig)

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Claiborne Micajah

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Elliot Samuel B

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Johnson, Robert E.

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De Haven, Edwin Jesse, 1816-1865

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Naval officer. From the description of Papers of Edwin Jesse De Haven, 1843-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78240385 Edwin Jesse De Haven was born in 7 May 1816 in Philadelphia. He joined the United States Navy as a midshipman at the age of thirteen. After serving in various vessels in the West Indies and Brazil, he was posted to the Pacific in the sloop Falmouth in June 1837. Falmouth was in Callao at the same time that Charles Wilkes, Senior commander of ...

Sea Gull (Schooner)

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Porpoise (Brig)

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United States Exploring Expedition Antarctic regions 1838-1842

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Gilchrist Edward d 1869

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Clark, George W.

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Resident of Jackson, Michigan. From the description of George W. Clark scrapbook, 1839-1887. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421558 ...

Hartstene, Henry J.

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Epithet: Commander US Navy British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x000152 Henry J Hartstene served on the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Senior commander Charles Wilkes), as lieutenant on board Porpoise from February 1839 to March 1839. With a fleet of six vessels, the expedition was commissioned on a world voyage of hydrography and exploration that included forays into the Souther...

Relief (Store ship)

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Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877

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Wilkes was a career U.S. naval officer who, as captain of the San Jacinto, provoked the Trent Affair in 1861. From the description of Letter, November 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 61770003 Charles Wilkes, American naval officer and explorer, was born on April 3, 1798 in New York, NY. He surveyed Narragansett Bay in 1832-1833, which led to his appointment to a depot of charts and instruments, which later became the Naval Observatory. In 18...

Sinclair, George T.

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George T Sinclair served on the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Senior commander Charles Wilkes). He was in temporary charge of the schooner Flying Fish in 1841 serving also onboard the store ship Relief and the brig Porpoise . With a fleet of six vessels, the expedition was commissioned on a world voyage of hydrography and exploration that included forays into the Southern Ocean. The expedition was the first to delineate a substantial length of Antarctic coastline, e...

Thompson Egbert

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Briscoe, William

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Robinson, R. P.

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Dyes John W W

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Long, Andrew K.

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Andrew K. Long served on the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Senior commander Charles Wilkes), as commander of the store ship Relief . With a fleet of six vessels, the expedition was commissioned on a world voyage of hydrography and exploration that included forays into the Southern Ocean. The ships regrouped during April 1839 in the Chilean port of Valparaiso, sailing to Callao shortly afterwards. On arrival at Callao, several sick and disaffected members of the expedition transf...

Sanford Joseph Perry b 1816

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Hudson, William H.

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