Charles Wilkes and the Exploration of Inland Washington Waters: Journals from the Expedition of 1841

by RichardW.Blumenthal (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $30.18

  Presents maritime history in the Pacific Northwest. This book follows naval officer and explorer Charles Wilkes, a nautical surveyor who led the Wilkes Expedition through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Puget Sound, the Columbia River, and other inland Washington waters in 1841. It includes the journals of Charles Wilkes and ten of his crewmen.