Definition of Charles Wilkes

1. Noun. United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877).

Exact synonyms: Wilkes
Generic synonyms: Adventurer, Explorer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Wilkes

Charles Percy Snow
Charles Pierre Baudelaire
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Charles Ringling
Charles River
Charles Robert Darwin
Charles Robert Redford
Charles Schulz
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stuart
Charles Taze Russell
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Charles VII
Charles Watson-Wentworth
Charles Wesley
Charles Wilkes (current term)
Charles William Post
Charles de Gaulle
Charles law
Charles the Bald
Charles the Great
Charleston
Charlestonian
Charlestonians
Charlestons
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charley
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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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