His scientific works include Theory of the Winds and Narrative Meteorology.
His scientific works include Theory of the Winds and Narrative Meteorology. The early part of his career was spent surveying routes to the Pacific as head of the Navy's Department of Charts and Instruments. His 1849 work Voyage Around the World discusses his claims of discovering a continent, yet he is better known for stumbling upon and then arresting two Confederate [*] commissioners in the Bahama Channel. Although part of Antarctica bears his name it is his captaining of the San Jacinto and his interactions with Messrs. James Mason and John Slidell for which he is remembered. FTP identify this explorer and soldier who caused an international affair by seizing the British steamer Trent.
His scientific works include Theory of the Winds and Narrative Meteorology.
Charles {Wilkes}