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English: Lt. Charles Wilkes, ca. 1860   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Lt. Charles Wilkes, ca. 1860
Description
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Lt. Charles Wilkes led a Navy surveying expedition of Puget Sound in 1841. He named many locales, including Elliott Bay, Eagle Harbor, and Maury Island. Known for his harsh discipline on board ship, he was said to be a model for Herman Melville's Captain Ahab.

Caption on image: [CI Rutler Co?]. Rear-Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. (from a photograph by Anthony). Handwritten on mount: Rear Admiral Chas. Wilkes.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Explorers--Washington (State); Military personnel--Washington (State)
  • People: Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)
Date circa 1860
date QS:P571,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 lantern slide: color
Dimensions height: 2.5 in (63.5 mm); width: 2 in (50.8 mm)
dimensions QS:P2048,2.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,2U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
2448
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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