Source: "Authorization of the Naval Exploring Expedition in the South Seas and Pacific Ocean, and of the Purchase of and Payment for Astronomical and Other Instruments for the Same", 17 March 1830, American State Papers: Naval Affairs Vol. 3, pp. 546-560.
Books ordered for U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-42, mostly logs and journal volumes
Wilkes, Charles.
- 1838-42 U.S. Exploring Expedition (Wilkes).
- Maritime Reading
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Voyage Round the World, Embracing the Principal Events of the United States Exploring Expedition, in One Volume.
Wilkes, Charles. New York: George P. Putnam, 1851.
- 1838-42 U.S. Exploring Expedition (Wilkes).
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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Although Antarctica was the chief object of study of the US Exploring Expedition (USExEx), much of Wilkes’ Voyage is an extensive travelogue of ports visited.