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Charles Wilkes   /tʃɑrlz wɪlks/   Listen
Charles Wilkes

noun
1.
United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877).  Synonym: Wilkes.





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"Charles Wilkes" Quotes from Famous Books



... years been so much pleased as I have just been by reading your most able discussion on coral reefs. I thank you most sincerely for the very honourable mention you make of me. (561/1. "United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1839-42 under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N." Volume X., "Geology," by J.D. Dana, 1849.) This day I heard that the atlas has arrived, and this completes your munificent present to me. I have not yet come to the chapter on subsidence, and in that I fancy we shall disagree, but in the descriptive ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin
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Words linked to "Charles Wilkes" :   explorer, adventurer, Wilkes


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