U.S. Exploring Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Exploring_Expedition

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Wilkes_Expedition
gptkbp:collectedSpecimensIn	natural history specimens ethnographic artifacts
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Charles_Wilkes
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew	about 346
gptkbp:endDate	1842
gptkbp:explores	gptkb:Antarctica gptkb:Hawaiian_Islands gptkb:Pacific_Ocean gptkb:South_America gptkb:Fiji_Islands gptkb:Oregon_Territory
gptkbp:fleetSize	gptkb:Relief gptkb:Flying_Fish gptkb:Peacock gptkb:Sea_Gull gptkb:USS_Vincennes Porpoise
gptkbp:legacy	foundation for Smithsonian collections major contribution to American science influenced U.S. naval exploration
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:first_U.S._circumnavigation_of_the_globe charted 280 islands surveyed 800 miles of Oregon coast
gptkbp:notableFinds	gptkb:Antarctic_continent
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:James_Dwight_Dana gptkb:Alfred_Agate gptkb:Charles_Pickering gptkb:Horatio_Hale gptkb:Joseph_Drayton gptkb:Joseph_P._Couthouy gptkb:Titian_Peale gptkb:William_Dunlop_Brackenridge gptkb:William_Rich gptkb:William_Reynolds
gptkbp:numberOfShips	6
gptkbp:purpose	scientific exploration survey and charting
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution_collections narrative publications
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:startDate	1838
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sea_of_Glory
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	U.S. Exploring Expedition