Sea of Glory

by Nathaniel Philbrick

  Samoa

  Sandwich Islands

  Sanford, Joseph

  San Francisco

  San Jacinto

  San Juan Islands

  Savage, Charlie

  Schouten, Willem

  Scott, Robert

  Sea Gull

  in Antarctica

  Johnson as commander of

  loss of

  Reid as commander of

  Seraph

  Seru (son of Tanoa)

  Seton, Elizabeth Ann

  Seton, William

  Shackleton, Ernest

  Sinclair, George

  as Flying Fish commander

  and Malolo massacre

  and Pacific islands

  Singapore

  Slidell, John

  Smith, Capt. Joseph

  Smithson, James

  Smithsonian Institution

  Smyth, W. H.

  Society Islands, survey of

  Southard, Samuel

  South Pole

  South Sea Company

  South Sea Fur Company and Exploring Expedition

  South Shetland Islands

  Spain, exploration by

  Spieden, William

  Stanton, William

  Stevenson, Robert Louis

  Stewart, Commodore

  Stewart, Frederick

  Stewart, William

  Stockton, Robert

  Strait of Juan de Fuca

  Strait of Magellan

  subsidence, theory of

  Sulu Sea, survey of

  Sweeney, Peter

  Sydney (dog)

  Sydney, Australia

  Sydney Herald

  Symmes, John Cleves

  Tahiti

  Tanoa, king of Bau

  Tappan, Benjamin

  Tasman, Abel

  Tennessee

  Termination Land

  Terra Australis Incognita

  Thoreau, Henry David

  Thorn, Capt. Jonathan

  Tierra del Fuego

  Tonga

  Tonquin

  Totten, Joseph

  Trent

  Tuamotu islands

  Tutuila island

  Twain, Mark

  Twenty Years Before the Mast (Erskine)

  Two Brothers

  Tyler, John

  Underwood, Joseph

  in Antarctica

  death of

  Fiji surveys

  and Malolo massacre

  Tutuila survey

  Underwood Group

  United States:

  boundary of Canada and

  commercial interests of

  Ex. Ex. return trip to

  exploration sponsored by

  isolationism in

  Panic of 1837

  science in

  sea frontier of

  in War of 1812

  Western exploration and settlement

  Upolu island

  Upshur, Abel:

  death of

  Ex. Ex. denigrated by

  and Ex. Ex. narrative

  and Guillou

  and National Institute

  and Wilkes’s court-martial

  and Wilkes’s rank

  U.S. Botanic Garden

  U.S. Hydrographic Office

  USS Constitution

  USS Falmouth

  USS Independence

  USS North Carolina

  U.S. South Seas Exploring Expedition (Ex. Ex.):

  achievements of

  acting appointments sought for

  in Antarctica

  artists of

  charts produced by

  circumnavigating the world

  and Columbia River

  Congress and

  courts-martial and inquiries in

  deteriorating personnel relations in

  funding for

  leaving New York

  as nonmilitary undertaking

  officers selected for

  and Pacific islands

  plans of

  preparations for

  public interest in

  purpose of

  recognition sought for

  return to New York

  scientists for

  ships for

  specimens and artifacts of

  surveys by ; see also specific sites

  at Sydney

  terms of duty in

  total of men on

  track of (map)

  Wilkes as commander of; see also Wilkes, Charles

  written reports of

  USS United States

  USS Yorktown

  Valparaiso, Chile

  Van Buren, Martin

  Vancouver, George

  Vanderbilt

  Vanderford, Benjamin

  Veidovi (Fijian chief)

  Vermont

  Vincennes

  in Antarctica

  and Antarctic land sighting

  and Columbia River

  comforts of

  dog aboard

  flogging aboard

  and Hawaii

  leaving New York

  in North Pacific Expedition

  at Orange Bay

  and Pacific

  pennant of

  return to New York

  rigging of

  in Rio harbor

  sailing master of

  and San Francisco

  sick list on

  at Sydney

  Vincennes Bay

  Wadsworth, Capt. Alexander

  Walden (Thoreau)

  Waldron, Robert

  Walker, William

  Walker Mountains

  Wallis, Samuel

  Ward (marine), flogging of

  War of 1812

  Warrington, Comm. Lewis

  Washington, D.C.:

  Capitol Hill Observatory

  Depot of Charts and Instruments

  Patent Office Building

  Washington, George

  Waterwitch

  Watson, John F.

  Webster, Daniel

  Weddell, James

  Welles, Gideon

  Whippy, David

  Whittle, John

  Wickliffe, Charles

  Wilkes, Charles:

  achievements of

  in Antarctica

  and Antarctic land sighting

  appointed Ex. Ex. commander

  Autobiography by

  birth and early years of

  charges brought against

  charges brought by

  and Civil War

  and Columbia River

  complaints to Navy Department about

  and courts-martial

  courts of inquiry ordered by

  death of

  at Depot of Charts and Instruments

  discipline administered by

  dog of

  dreams of the sea

  emotional outbursts of

  and Ex. Ex. preparations

  expedition post sought by

  as explorer

  father of

  and Hassler

  health problems of

  on Hibernia

  incompetence of

  insecurities of

  Wilkes, Charles (cont.)

  instruments bought in Europe by

  Jane’s influence on

  and Jones’s men

  lawsuit against

  leadership style of

  leaving New York

  letters to and from Jane, see Wilkes, Jane Renwick

  letter to Ross from

  and Malolo massacre

  marriage of Jane and

  marriage of Mary and

  on Mauna Loa

  men driven relentlessly by

  in merchant marine

  naval rank of

  navigation skills of

  officers and men criticized by

  officers’ developing hatred of

  officers dismissed by

  and officers’ journals


  officers selected by

  in the Pacific

  Paulding’s letter to

  personal traits of

  physical appearance of

  and politics

  responsibilities assumed by

  and return home

  and Solevu attack

  as Stormy Petrel

  surveys and experiments by

  at Sydney

  turning point of officers’ feelings toward

  and Veidovi’s capture

  written reports by

  Wilkes, Edmund

  Wilkes, Eliza (daughter)

  Wilkes, Eliza (sister)

  Wilkes, Henry

  Wilkes, Jack

  Wilkes, Jane Renwick:

  children of

  courtship of

  death of

  and husband’s appointment to Ex. Ex.

  and husband’s return

  influence of

  letters to and from

  marriage of Charles and

  social life of

  Wilkes, Janey (daughter)

  Wilkes, John

  Wilkes, Mary Lynch Bolton

  Wilkes Land

  Williams, John

  Williamson, John

  Wily, John S.

  Winder, Charles

  World War II

  Wright, Charles

  Wright, Silas

  Yahgan Indians

  Yung-lo