Fakaafo (Fakaofo) or Bowditch Island, by the U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841. Nuku-Nono (Nukunonu Atoll) or Duke of Clarence Island, by the U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841. Oatafu or Duke of York Island, by the U.S.Ex.Ex. 1841.

• Main Authors: Wilkes, Charles; United States Exploring Expedition, C. Sherman
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1841
• Subjects: Navigation; Oceans/Seas; Nautical Charts; Pacific; Haskell; Clarence Island; Duke of York Island; York Island
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This sheet is a part of a loose set - See Pub Note below. A set of 60 loose sheets (our Pub List Nos. 6941.000-7000.000) printed for individual sale on heavy paper. The charts of islands in the Pacific are likely some of the most detailed at the time (1840). The charts were also published on thinner paper as Vol. XXIII - Hydrography - Wilkes - Atlas of Charts - Vol. I and Vol. II, of The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. These 60 are not a complete set which consists of 106 unnumbered charts. For more information on the controversial expedition commander Charles Wilkes (1789-1877), the expedition's discoveries, and the resultant publications, see the 1968 bibliography of the expedition by Daniel C. Haskell entitled, "The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and Its Publications 1844-1874. Relief shown in hachures. Many maps include horizontal views of islands as seen from a ship. Haskell 83.