Charles Wilkes (1798-1877), American naval officer, is remembered for his exploration of the Antarctic and for his role in the controversial "Trent" affair during the Civil War. Charles Wilkes was born on April 3, 1798, in New York City. He was...
In the first half of the nineteenth century the United States government sponsored two highly significant exploring expeditions. From 1803 to 1806 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led an expedition through the interior of North America to the Pacific...
Charles Wilkes Born 1798, New York, New York Died 1877, Washington, D.C. Charles Wilkes was born in New York City, the son of a prosperous businessman. After being educated by his father in mathematics and navigation, he joined the merchant marine in...
1798-1877 American Naval Officer Charles Wilkes spent his entire working life in the United States Navy. He is best known for leading a four-year voyage of exploration that circled the globe, mapped large parts of the Pacific and Australia, and charted...
Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer and explorer. He is particularly noted for his 1838–1842 Pacific expedition as well as for his role in the Trent Affair during the Civil...
Wilkes was not alone in giving a private cheer at Brian Mawhinney being sprayed with orange paint by Asylum Bill protesters outside the House of Commons. The video of the incident was apparently played more than 10 times over lunchtime by gleeful BBC staff...
Hannah Wilke RONALD FELDMAN FINE ARTS Fifteen years after Hannah Wilke's death, her oeuvre still confounds the desire to find in it a purely critical impulse. Though now firmly installed in the feminist canon (however oxymoronic such a concept may be), Wilke...
