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MARC recordThe Wilkes expedition: framework for American expansionism. The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / Roberta A. Sprague.
| Title: | The Wilkes expedition: framework for American expansionism. The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 / Roberta A. Sprague. |
| Author(s): | Sprague, Roberta A. |
| Date: | 1988. |
| Abstract: | Suggests that this expedition represents of earliest moves of United States geopolitical and commercial expansion into Pacific region. Focuses on expedition's activities in this region rather than Antarctica. |
| Notes: | Unpublished thesis submitted to Graduate Division of University of Hawaii in partial fulfilment of requirements for M.A. in History. |
| Keywords: | 327 -- International relations. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1838-42 Wilkes. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*80) -- Southern Ocean. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-THE: 1988[Spr] |
| SPRI record no.: | 96185 |
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