The Online Books Page

Online Books by

Charles Wilkes

(Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877)

An online book about this author is available, as is a Wikipedia article.

• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877 (Washington: Naval History Division, Dept. of the Navy, 1978), ed. by William James Morgan, David Budlong Tyler, Joye L. Leonhart, and Mary F. Loughlin, contrib. by John D. H. Kane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1940, 1841, 1842 (5 volumes; Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845)
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Voyage Round the World, Embracing the Principal Events of the Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition (Philadelphia: G. W. Gorton, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)

Help with reading books -- Report a bad link -- Suggest a new listing

Additional books from the extended shelves:

• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Commodore Charles Wilkes's court of inquiry : letter from the secretary of the navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of May 17, transmitting proceedings of the court of inquiry in the case of Commodore Charles Wilkes. ([Washington : s.n., 1864]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Defence of Com. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., [electronic resource] late acting rear admiral, in command of the West India squadron, read before a general court martial, on charges preferred by the secretary of the navy. (Washington, McGill & Witherow, printers, 1864) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Diary of Wilkes in the Northwest, (Seattle, Wash., University of Washington press, 1926), ed. by Edward Stephen Meany (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: The former Philippines thru foreign eyes, (Manila, Philippine Education Co., 1916), also by Austin Craig, Rudolf Virchow, Tomás de Comyn, and Fedor Jagor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition ... 1838-1842. (New York, Putnam, 1851, c1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition ... 1838[to] ... 1842 ... (London, Wiley, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition [electronic resource] : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / (New York : G. Putnam, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States' Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. (London, Whitaker, [1845?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / (New York : G. P. Putnam, 1856, c1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / (Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1849, c1844), also by United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / (Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / (Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1845), also by United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States' Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / (Papakura, N.Z. : R. McMillan, [1985]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States' exploring expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 [electronic resource] / (London : Whittaker, [1845?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. By Charles Wilkes ... with illustrations and maps. In five volumes. (Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Notices of the harbor at the mouth of the Columbia River. ([Washington, 1846]), also by James Blair (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: On the circulation of the oceans / (Philadelphia: s.n., 1859), also by American Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Report on the examination of the Deep River district, North Carolina / ([Washington, 1859]), also by United States Navy Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Statement of Charles Wilkes, a commander in the U.S. Navy, of the survey of the mouth of the Columbia River [electronic resource] : by the United States exploring expedition. ([Washington? : s.n., 1846?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Synopsis of the cruise of the U.S. exploring expedition during the years 1838, '39, '40, '41, & '42 [electronic resource] : to which is added a list of officers and scientific corps attached to the expedition / ([Washington? : s.n.], 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Synopsis of the cruise of the U.S. exploring expedition, during the years 1838, '39, '40, '41 & '42; delivered before the National Institute, by its commander, Charles Wilkes, esq., on the twentieth of June 1842. To which is added a list of officers and scientific corps attached to the expedition. (Washington, Printed by P. Force, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Theory of the winds. (Philadelphia, 1856), also by United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Theory of the winds. Read before the American Scientific Association at Providence, August 20th, 1855. Accompanied by a map of the world, showing the extent and direction of the winds. To which is added, Sailing directions for a voyage around the world, by the same author. (London, Trübner & Co., 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. (Philadelphia, Printed by C. Sherman, 1844-74), also by United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) and United States Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. (Philadelphia : Printed by C. Sherman, 1844-1874), also by United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) and United States Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Voyage of the U.S. exploring squadron, commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842 : together with explorations and discoveries made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross, and other navigators and travellers : and an account of the expedition to the Dead Sea, under Lieutenant Lynch / (Auburn [N.Y.] : James M. Alden, 1850), also by John S. Jenkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Voyage round the world, embracing the principal events of the narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition / (New York : G.P. Putnam, 1851, c1949) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877: Western America, including California and Oregon, with maps of those regions, and of "the Sacramento Valley" / (Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1849), also by Lea & Blanchard. (1849) bkp CU-BANC (page images at HathiTrust)

See also what's at your library, or elsewhere.

Help with reading books -- Report a bad link -- Suggest a new listing

Home -- Search -- New Listings -- Authors -- Titles -- Subjects -- Serials

Books -- News -- Features -- Archives -- The Inside Story

Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu)
OBP copyrights and licenses.