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Wilkes, Charles

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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American naval officer; made explorations in the Southern Ocean in 1861; boarded on the high seas the British mail-steamer Trent , and carried off two Confederate commissioners accredited to France, who were afterwards released on the demand of the British Government (1798-1877).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Wilkes, Charles'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​w/wilkes-charles.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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