Wilkes was in command of the sloop-of-war USS Vincennesduring the Wilkes Expedition to Antarctica in 1839.
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Charles Frederick Lindsley's birth name is Charles Frederick Lindsley.
Charles middle name is Richard from his father.
In Antarctica in the 1300's
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From its Wikipedia entry: "Wilkes Land is named after Lieutenant Charles Wilkes (later a Rear Admiral), the American explorer who commanded the 1838-42 United States Exploring Expedition."
Ronae Wilkes's birth name is Ronae Wilkes.
Donna Wilkes's birth name is Donna Consuelos Wilkes.
Jamaal Wilkes's birth name is Jackson Keith Wilkes.
Reggie Wilkes's birth name is Reginald Wayman Wilkes.
Ashley Wilkes has two sisters according to the novel India Wilkes and honey Wilkes. India's beau was Stuart Tarleton. He was killed at Gettysburg, and she was still a spinster at the end of the novel. Honey Wilkes had an agreement between her and Charles Hamilton that they would marry. Scarlett married Charles who died 6 weeks after their wedding. Honey married a Westerner from Mississippi and moved to Macon.
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The ice sheet that you mention covers 98% of the Antarctic continent, and it covers both areas you name.
The first explorers of this continent were the French Dumont d'Urville and the American Charles Wilkes in 1839.The first to get to the Geographical South Pole was the Dutch Roald Amundsen who arrived one month before the British Robert Scott (who died during his coming back).
John Wilkes Booth was in a family of famous actors. John wanted to make a name for himself and used the stage name of John Wilkes.
Antarctica's real name is Antarctica.
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