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About 46 pages (13,754 words) in 5 products |
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| Name: |
Charles Wilkes | | Birth Date: |
April 3, 1798 | | Death Date: |
February 8, 1877 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York, United States | | Place of Death: |
Washington, DC | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
naval officer, explorer |
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 Biography of Charles Wilkes
505 words, approx. 2 pages
 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... summary from source:
 Biography of Charles Wilkes
10,136 words, approx. 34 pages
 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... 
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 Charles Wilkes Summary
891 words, approx. 3 pagesCharles 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... summary from source:
 Charles Wilkes Summary
600 words, approx. 2 pages1798-1877 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... summary from source:
 Charles Wilkes Information
1,622 words, approx. 5 pages
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...
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 The Independent - London Wilkes diary
11/17/1995: 1,041 words, approx. 4 pages 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... summary from source:
Artforum Hannah Wilke
12/01/2007: 653 words, approx. 2 pages 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...
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