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Charles Wilkes describes life aboard a whaling ship. U.S. Navy officer Charles Wilkes is notorious for his impulsive seizure of Confederate agents James Mason and John Slidell on a British steamer headed for England in 1861, an incident that nearly provoked Britain into declaring war. Wilkes’ far more enduring service was as explorer, circling the …
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