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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
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Okay, page 8. Lived in the USA all of my life, love to study history both when I was in school and now on my own. I was the kid who read the extra history books on the shelf in the history prof's office. And I never ever heard of Captain Wilkes or the US Exploring Expedition. No housework or cooking today. I am already captured by this book.
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bookshelves: 2012, 5-star-favorites, american-history, history, non-fiction
Jun 01, 2012
bookshelves: 2012, 5-star-favorites, american-history, history, non-fiction
Okay, page 8. Lived in the USA all of my life, love to study history both when I was in school and now on my own. I was the kid who read the extra history books on the shelf in the history prof's office. And I never ever heard of Captain Wilkes or the US Exploring Expedition. No housework or cooking today. I am already captured by this book.
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Apr 10, 2018 01:41PM
I'm a historian and I'd never heard of it!
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Thank you for commenting Susanna. Your post made me sad - what else do we not know? What else has been effectively erased?
Well, I do admit that American history isn't really my field. And history is the most enormous subject.But there's a lot that gets forgotten, transitioning from generation to generation. The great 19th century naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt is hardly remembered, except in some place names and in South America, for the most part.
I had heard of Wilkes - but only in connection with the Trent Affair.
Agreed. And what is forgotten by most does not mean forgotten by all. I was speaking with a professor just yesterday who is a specialist on the lives of the poor in Victorian UK. She had never heard of George Gissing. So it happens in every field, which then, in my mind, translates to a hope that all people read, and keep a journal for those who come after us, and learn as much as possible to keep our past alive, or at least, less forgotten. But that is just me.
