Charles Wilkes and the Exploration of Inland Washington Waters

Journals from the Expedition of 1841

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2009
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4316-1 (ISBN)

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Presents maritime history in the Pacific Northwest. This book follows naval officer and explorer Charles Wilkes, a nautical surveyor who led the Wilkes Expedition through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Puget Sound, the Columbia River, and other inland Washington waters in 1841. It includes the journals of Charles Wilkes and ten of his crewmen.

A follow-up to the editor's two previous collections of primary documents of maritime history in the Pacific Northwest, this book reproduces the journals and narratives of Charles Wilkes, an experienced nautical surveyor who led the U.S. Exploring Expedition through inland Washington waters in 1841, and ten of his crewmen. Special attention is given to the many placenames that Wilkes originated.

Richard W. Blumenthal’s first nautical experience was with an eight foot homemade dingy. After a 30 year career with phone company US West, he has devoted his energies to researching the early exploration of inland Washington water and investigating himself the Puget Sound aboard his forty-four foot Hatteras. He lives in Bellevue, Washington.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Wilkes’ Narrative

2. Charles Wilkes’ United States Exploration Expedition: Instruments and Methods

3. Oregon Territory, Strait of Juan de Fuca

4. Volume XXIII Charts

5. The Journal of Augustus L. Case

6. George Colvocoresses: Four Years

7. The Journal of Acting Master George T. Sinclair

8. The Journal of Joseph Perry Sanford

9. The Journal of James Alden

10. The Journal of Samuel B. Elliott

11. The Narrative of Joseph B. Clark

12. The Journal of Purser R. P. Robinson

13. Private Notes of J. W. W. Dyes

14. The Journal of Charles Erskine

Appendix: List of Officers and Men Attached to the United States Exploring Expedition

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2009
Zusatzinfo	18 maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	431 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-7864-4316-2 / 0786443162
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-4316-1 / 9780786443161
Zustand	Neuware