Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Relief, Lt. Commdg. A.K. Long, on a surveying and exploring expedition ... continued in the U.S.S. Vincennes, Charles Wilkes, Esqr. Commdg. Exg. Exd. / by Joseph A. Underwood, 1838-1840.

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Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Relief, Lt. Commdg. A.K. Long, on a surveying and exploring expedition ... continued in the U.S.S. Vincennes, Charles Wilkes, Esqr. Commdg. Exg. Exd. / by Joseph A. Underwood, 1838-1840.

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The journal describes the voyage of the ship Relief from Norfolk to Porto Praya, Rio de Janeiro, Tierra del Fuego, Valparaiso, and Callao, and continues with the Vincennes's voyage to the Coral Islands, Tahiti, New South Wales, and Antarctica. There are daily reckonings and meteorological observations for 1838-1839.

1 v. (147 p.) ; 32 cm.

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Underwood, Joseph Addison, 1809-1840

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Joseph A. Underwood, midshipman in the United States Navy, served on the store ship Relief as lieutenant on the Wilkes Exploring Expedition. From 1839-1840, he served on the U.S.S. Vincennes, until he was murdered by the natives at Malolo, Fiji Islands. From the description of Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Relief, Lt. Commdg. A.K. Long, on a surveying and exploring expedition ... continued in the U.S.S. Vincennes, Charles Wilkes, Esqr. Commdg. Exg. Exd. / by Joseph A. Underwood, ...

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...

Vincennes (Ship)

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Relief (Ship)

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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...