U.S. Exploring Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Exploring_Expedition
GPTKB entity
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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:Flying_Fish
gptkb:Peacock
gptkb:Sea_Gull
gptkb:USS_Vincennes
Porpoise
Relief
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Exploring Expedition
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 5