Rear-Admiral Charles Wilkes
1798–1877
(Person)
Naval officer, explorer.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
Mentioned in
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Castaway on the Auckland Isles
- Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
- Moko; or Maori Tattooing
- New Zealanders and Science
- Old Samoa or Flotsam and Jetsam from the Pacific Ocean
- The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
- The Life of Captain James Cook
- The Old Whaling Days
- The Origins of International Rivalry in Samoa: 1845–1884
- Chapter I — The Origins of British Influence the Missionaries, 1836–45
- Chapter II — The Origins of British Official Interest in the Navigator Islands, 1845–55, and the French Menace, 1846–62
- Chapter V — American Interests in Samoa, 1839–76 The Growth of American Trade in the Pacific
- ii. The Islands and their Discoverers
- Index
- Wrecked on a Reef
Cited in
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
- Samoan Material Culture
- Samoa Under the Sailing Gods
- The Maori - Volume II
- The Origins of International Rivalry in Samoa: 1845–1884
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Rear-Admiral Charles Wilkes":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.