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Definition of Charles Wilkes
1. Noun. United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Wilkes
Literary usage of Charles Wilkes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Correspondence of James Fenimore-Cooper by James Fenimore-Cooper (1922)
"Mr. Rives FROM Charles Wilkes New York, 9th Nov., 1830 My dear Sir The Water
Witch is not yet out, but Walsh in his paper has spoken of it in the highest ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State by Lewis Halsey Sandford, New York (State). Court of Chancery, Lewis Halsey Sandford, 1807-1852 (1848)
"THE EXECUTORS, &,c., of Charles Wilkes. A trustee is not liable for the waste or
dereliction of his co-trustee, which was not occasioned by any act or ..."
3. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"... NOTE 25 LIEUTENANT WILKES Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, United States Navy,
commanding a fleet of six vessels engaged on a scientific exploring expedition, ..."
4. The Life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane: And of Other Distinguished American by Samuel Mosheim Smucker (1859)
"THE United States Exploring Expedition, which sailed under the orders of Captain
Charles Wilkes during the years 1838, '39, '40, '41, '42, was the first in ..."
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