John S. Whittle's personal journal as surgeon on the U.S.S. Vincennes and Peacock [manuscript], 1838-1841.

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John S. Whittle's personal journal as surgeon on the U.S.S. Vincennes and Peacock [manuscript], 1838-1841.

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The travel journal of John S. Whittle, Assistant Surgeon, was kept on a scientific voyage to the South Pacific Islands commanded by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. The fleet, consisting of the U.S.S. Peacock, Vincennes, Flying Fish, Porpoise, and Seagull, visited and surveyed many major island groups in the South Pacific. He describes the island natives and villages, with particular mention of their health, diet, and appearance; a meeting with a British slave ship; convict life in Australia; burning of a native village in Kings Mills Islands as revenge for the murder of a crew member; sighting of land at Antarctica; charting of the Antarctic coast; and the sinking of the Peacock in the mouth of the Columbia River. A daguerrotype of Whittle is also included.

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Flying Fish (Ship)

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Vincennes (Ship)

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Whittle, John S., b. 1813.

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Seagull (Ship)

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Porpoise (Schooner)

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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 ...

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...

Peacock (Ship)

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