Journal of a cruise in U.S. Ship Vincennes. Charles Wilkes Esqre. Commander / by James L. Blair, 1841-1842.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Journal of a cruise in U.S. Ship Vincennes. Charles Wilkes Esqre. Commander / by James L. Blair, 1841-1842.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127427

The journal begins in the Harbor of Honolulu and records the voyage of the ship Vincennes to Manila Bay, Mangsee Islands, Singapore, Table Bay, James Town, and St. Helena. Copied into the jounral is a 1841 letter from Comdr. Wilkes refusing James Blair's request to return home.

1 v. ; 33 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8012224

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Vincennes (Ship)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gr3knf (corporateBody)

United States exploring expedition (1838-1842)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d6m0v (corporateBody)

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk5jd8 (person)

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...

Blair, James, Lieutenant

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr919s (person)

James L. Blair, midshipman in the United States Navy, served on the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, on the ships Relief, Peacock, Flying Fish, and Vincennes. From the description of Journal of a cruise in U.S. Ship Vincennes. Charles Wilkes Esqre. Commander / by James L. Blair, 1841-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127427 ...