Maps: [Map of the voyage] -- Antarctica's Wilkes Land, with features mapped by Wilkes
Preface -- Republican longitude -- Symmes' Hole -- A glorious prospect -- Behold! Now, a nation -- First blood -- A fathom of tapa -- Samoa -- Sydney -- Ruffled feathers -- A new world -- Among the Feejees -- Affair at Malolo -- Sandwich Islands -- Secret Service -- Oregon -- Homeward bound -- Courts martial -- Friends of science -- The muse -- Democratic science -- Strange notions -- Interesting flotsam -- Splendid contributions -- Coda -- Notes
Summary
The expedition travelled to Antarctica, the South Pacific, the Atlantic and the coasts of what are now Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
Analysis
American maritime exploration 1838-1842 Wilkes Expedition