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portrait... [DOC] [TLE] Wilkes Land - Wikipedia [PAR] Wilkes Land is named after Lieutenant Charles Wilkes (later a Rear Admiral), the 
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him. [DOC] [TLE] Download (310Kb) [PAR] In 1842, the Antarctic explorer Charles Wilkes stood trial by court-martial on the 
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Question: U.S. explorer Charles Wilkes was the first to designate this a continent, & has a land there named for him
Answer: Antarctica