He received, but did not accept, an appointment as a member of the United States Exploring Expedition, under Capt Charles Wilkes.
42.
The garden's resurgence came in 1842, when Navy Lt . Charles Wilkes returned to Washington from a four-year worldwide expedition.
43.
The name Sinclair was given by Charles Wilkes during the " General Pike " during a naval battle of the War of 1812.
44.
During the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838 1842, Charles Wilkes identified Gardner's Island from the reported position, and confirmed its existence.
45.
On 19 August 1838, the squadron, commanded by Lt . Charles Wilkes, cleared Hampton Roads and set a course for Rio de Janeiro.
46.
It was named by United States Navy explorer Charles Wilkes for George T . Sinclair, acting master of one of his ship's crews.
47.
In 1838 Charles Wilkes gave the peninsula the name Dickerson, but the U . S . Coast Survey renamed it with Quimper's name.
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Rich Passage was named by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842, to honor William Rich, the expedition's botanist.
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The name was given by Charles Wilkes during the Wasp ", a sloop of war commanded by Jacob Jones during the War of 1812.
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In 1838, Lt . Charles Wilkes set out on the United States Exploring Expedition commissioned by Congress to circumnavigate the globe and explore the Pacific Ocean.
