Journal kept while attached to the South Sea Surveying & Exploring Expedition on board of the U.S. Sloop of War Peacock
- Published/Created:
- 1839 October 22-30
- Physical Description:
- 11 p. : b&w illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Abstract:
- Three journals and two sketchbooks, created during the Wilkes Expedition, describe and illustrate surveys of Pacific harbors, an overland journey from Vancouver to San Francisco, Antarctic, and the South Seas. Family and professional letters and documents are inserted. A scrapbook of letters and orders documents George Emmons's active navy career and another volume of clippings records the 1842 court martial of Charles Wilkes and other members of the United States Exploring Expedition.
- Associated Names:
- Emmons, George Foster, 1811-1884 [Author]
- Topics:
- Peacock (Sloop of war : 1828-1841)
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
United States. Navy--History--19th century
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Diagrams
illustrations (AAT)
journals (accounts): diaries (AAT)
Manuscripts
Maps in books
Overland journals - Format:
- Text
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Creator:
- Emmons, George Foster, 1811-1884
- Source Title:
- George Foster Emmons papers
- Source Created:
- 1828-1850
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 166
- Box:
- Box 1
- Orbis Record:
- 3152914
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- Yale Collection of Western Americana
- oid pointer:
- 10732917
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Journal No. 1
- Extent of digitization:
- Partial work digitized.
- OID:
- 10732814
- PID:
- digcoll:3903184
