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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:explorer
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gptkbp:collectedSpecimensIn
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over 60,000 plant and animal specimens
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Charles_Wilkes
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:crew
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about 346
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gptkbp:documentedIn
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gptkb:Narrative_of_the_United_States_Exploring_Expedition
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gptkbp:endDate
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1842
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gptkbp:explores
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gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:Fiji
gptkb:Hawaiian_Islands
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:South_America
gptkb:Oregon_Territory
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Wilkes Expedition
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gptkbp:legacy
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influenced U.S. territorial claims in the Pacific Northwest
advanced American science and cartography
mapped large portions of the Pacific and Antarctic
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gptkbp:notableCollection
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thousands of ethnographic objects
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gptkbp:notableFinds
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gptkb:Wilkes_Land
Antarctic continent coastline
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gptkbp:notableMember
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gptkb:James_Dwight_Dana
gptkb:Charles_Pickering
gptkb:Horatio_Hale
gptkb:Titian_Peale
gptkb:William_Rich
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gptkbp:notableShip
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gptkb:USS_Flying_Fish
gptkb:USS_Peacock
gptkb:USS_Porpoise
gptkb:USS_Relief
gptkb:USS_Sea_Gull
gptkb:USS_Vincennes
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gptkbp:numberOfShips
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6
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:United_States_Exploring_Expedition
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gptkbp:purpose
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gptkb:explorer
scientific research
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution_collections
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gptkbp:sponsor
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gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:startDate
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1838
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:United_States_Exploring_Expedition_(1838–1842)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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