[DOC] [TLE] Antarctic Explorers: Charles Wilkes - South-Pole.com [PAR] Even though the Antarctic portion of the expedition was part of a larger plan in ... 
Wilkes sighted land on several occasions as he sailed along the edge of the ... 
Thus, Wilkes was the first to provide proof of the existence of an Antarctic 
continent. .... He named one of them Ringgold's Knoll, after the captain of the 
PORPOISE. [DOC] [TLE] Charles Wilkes - Wikipedia [PAR] Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798  February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, 
ship's captain ... He entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1818, 
and became a ... reported the discovery "of an Antarctic continent west of the 
Balleny Islands" of ... As part of these duties he visited the British colony of 
Bermuda. [DOC] [TLE] United States Exploring Expedition - Wikipedia [PAR] The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying 
expedition of the .... That part of Antarctica was later named Wilkes Land. .... the 
flying of the requisite pennant and the wearing of a captain's uniform while being 
.... Outfitting the United States Exploring Expedition: Lieutenant Charles Wilkes' 
European... [DOC] [TLE] Naval History Blog  Blog Archive  Wilkes Exploring Expedition [PAR] May 14, 2011 ... LT Charles Wilkes USN, led the expedition in surveying South ... By CAPTAIN 
G. S. BRYAN, U. S. Navy ... was the discovery of the existence of an Antarctic 
Continent. ... He has the distinction of being the first in the United States to set up 
fixed ..... in 1841 when he sailed through this spot and found no land. [DOC] [TLE] charles wilkes - California Explorers [PAR] CHARLES WILKES. Lived: in the 1798-1877. Explored California in: 1841. 
Exploring for: United States Explored: by sea and land in northern California. [DOC] [TLE] Why America Should Re-Explore Wilkes Land - JStor [PAR] land which for fifty years has borne the name of "Wilkes Land," he intended to ... It 
did not take long to become aware that although there were .... the command of 
Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., made two ... three continents discovered 
since ancient times, America, Australia ... part of the coast of Antarctica, " Coats 
Land. [DOC] [TLE] Nathaniel Philbrick  Preface [PAR] Most impressive of all, he had established the existence of a new continent. ... 
charted a 1,500-mile section of Antarctic coast that still bears his name: Wilkes 
Land. ... A decade earlier, this young nation of sea wanderers became part of an 
.... to the Expedition's commander, Charles Wilkes, a controversial choice to lead 
such... [DOC] [TLE] Commodore Charles Wilkes's Biography by Bruce ... - Vashon History [PAR] In 1841 Lt. Charles Wilkes and the United States Exploring Expedition sailed into 
... George Vancouver for the British, he gave new names to 261 places. ... 
continent, and charted 1,500 miles of the Antarctic coast (now called Wilkes Land
) ... For Vashon-Maury Island, the Expedition helped ensure that they became 
part of. [DOC] [TLE] United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 [PAR] Poinsett chose Charles Wilkes, the forty-year-old head of the Depot of Charts and 
... for the most part, represented the best American science had to offer in 1838. ... 
to the incredible diversity of the peoples and places visited over the last four 
years. ... Prior to being shipped to the United States, each crate of specimens had
... [DOC] [TLE] Sea of Glory - Penguin [PAR] In addition to being ruthlessly effective killers of whales, the Nantucketers were 
also ... have claimed he was the model for Captain Ahab in Herman Melville's 
Moby-Dick. ... all under the command of the young, brash Lieutenant Charles 
Wilkes. ... part object lesson in how the demands of leadership can at once 
confirm and... [DOC] [TLE] Charles Wilkes - The Story of an Antarctic Explorer [PAR] Aug 15, 2016 ... Charles Wilkes was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer 
famous for ... finding that in places his charts showed land where there wasn't any

Question: Captain Charles Wilkes spots what will become Wilkes Land, a part of this continent
Answer: Antarctica