United States Exploring Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Exploring_Expedition

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	scientific research
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Wilkes_Expedition
gptkbp:collectedSpecimensIn	over 60,000 plant and animal specimens
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Charles_Wilkes
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew	about 346
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:James_Dwight_Dana gptkb:Alfred_Agate gptkb:Horatio_Hale gptkb:Joseph_Drayton gptkb:Joseph_P._Couthouy gptkb:Titian_Peale gptkb:William_Rich gptkb:Charles_Wilkes
gptkbp:endDate	1842
gptkbp:explores	gptkb:Antarctica gptkb:Fiji gptkb:Hawaiian_Islands gptkb:Pacific_Ocean gptkb:South_America 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	United States Exploring Expedition
gptkbp:notableCollection	thousands of ethnographic objects
gptkbp:notableEvent	first U.S. government-sponsored scientific expedition charted 280 islands in the Pacific surveyed 800 miles of Antarctic coast
gptkbp:notableFinds	gptkb:Wilkes_Land gptkb:Antarctic_continent
gptkbp:numberOfShips	6
gptkbp:purpose	gptkb:explorer scientific research
gptkbp:resultedIn	establishment of Smithsonian Institution collections
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:startDate	1838
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Wilkes_Land gptkb:Alfred_Agate gptkb:Charles_Pickering gptkb:Joseph_Drayton gptkb:Joseph_P._Couthouy gptkb:Wilkes_Expedition gptkb:Wilkes_Land_(Antarctica) gptkb:William_Dunlop_Brackenridge gptkb:William_L._Maury gptkb:loss_of_USS_Peacock gptkb:Charles_Wilkes gptkb:Wilkes_Land,_Antarctica gptkb:Narrative_of_the_United_States_Exploring_Expedition
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6