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Narrative of the
United States Exploring Expedition
during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.
by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.
Vols. 1 through 5.

Transcriber's Note.

    Transcribing the five volumes and the atlas of Charles Wilke's Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. is an ongoing project for this website.

    Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 5 have been loaded and are available for use at the present time with the knowledge that their editing is incomplete. Errors arising from OCR conversion are know to remain.


Tom Tyler, Denver, CO, USA, March 16, 2025.

Wilkes, Charles.
      Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Commander of the Expedition, Member of the American Philosophical Society, Etc. In Five volumes, with thirteen maps.
Philadelphia, 1849.


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