Title: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877 /
Authors: Wilkes, Charles,; Morgan, William James.; Morgan, William James,; Tyler, David Budlong,; Kane, John D. H.; United States.
Date: 1978
Publisher: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Physical description: xxii, 944 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: E
Contents: Early Life 1798-1815 -- Merchant Service 1815-1817 -- Entering the Navy 1818 -- European Cruise in the Guerriere 1818-1821 -- South American Cruise in the Franklin 1821-1822 -- In the Waterwitch and the O'Caiw 1822-1823 -- Between Cruises 1823-1830 -- Second Cruise on the Mediterranean Station 1830-1831 -- Shore Duty 1831-1837 -- Coast Surveys and Preparation for Exploring Expedition -- Exploring Expedition; Hampton Roads to Lima, Peru 1838-1839 -- Exploring Expedition; Tuamotu Islands to Fiji 1839-1840 -- Exploring Expedition; Hawaiian Islands to New York City 1840-1842 -- Narrative of the Exploring Expedition 1842-1844 -- Jaunt into Pennsylvania 1844 -- Washington Observances 1844-1848 -- Impressions of Life in the South 1848 -- Further Travel in the Carolinas 1848-1849 -- Family Affairs 1849-1855 -- Coming of the War 1855-1861 -- Norfolk Navy Yard Destroyed and the Trent Captured 1861-1862 -- West India Squadron 1862-1863 -- Views on Cuba and other.West Indian Islands -- Court Martial 1864 -- International Law and the Trent -- James River Command 1862 -- "Old Welles" --
Subject headings (LCSH): Admirals--United States--Biography.; Explorers--United States--Biography.; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842); United States--History, Naval--To 1900.; United States. Navy--Biography.; Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.