Wilkes Expedition 1841 / Helen Ramage. [1916?]
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Ramage, Helen
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Helen Ramage was a native of Waunfawr, Caernarfonshire. A local historian and a life vice-president of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society, she was educated at the University College of North Wales. A new edition of her book on 18th century Anglesey life, Portraits of an Island was published in 2001. She was married to the rector of Beaumaris, John Eric Ramage, and on his retirement they moved to Menai Bridge, Anglesey. She died in 1992. Further papers relating to Helen Ram...
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...
United States exploring expedition (1838-1842)
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The United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes left U.S.A. Aug. 1838, returning July 1842. The ships in the expedition were the Flying Fish, Oregon, Peacock, Porpoise, Relief, Seagull and Vincennes. The expedition visited the Antarctic, Sydney Harbour, Bay of Islands, N.Z., various islands in the Pacific and areas on the coast of South America and U.S.A. From the description of Records [microform]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225845806 ...
