Content
- What area of the world/universe is being discussed? What other explorations are mentioned (if any)?
The south Pacific, Cape Horn, The Pacific northwest. Mentioned is captain Cook - When did the events happen?
1830s-40s - What questions do you still have about this expedition after listening to/reading this content?
The article explains the impact of the expedition, but not the issues it may have encountered (at least in detail). Also an explanation of the routes taken and the order in which places were visited would be interesting. - What parts of the story were most interesting to you?
Describing the team members such as Titian Peale and James Dana
Also the part about the interest and expense, that “Not even the race to the moon in the 1960s generated a financial commitment to science that rivaled the decades after the U.S. Ex. Ex.”
Form
- What is the form the content is being presented in?
Medium length article, separated with headers - What aspects of the form are especially interesting or noteworthy?
It’s a fairly ordinary way of explaining something, but each header helps grab your attention again. - What aspects of the form don’t really work?
I think the form worked perfectly for the content presented - How could this content be made even more interesting or accessible to the general public?
Some graphics of the collection or illustrations of the voyage could be interesting. Perhaps even a visual timeline of the expedition.
Additional resources
- Find (at least) one additional scholarly resource that relates to this specific topic or the week’s more general topic. Create a citation and also add the resource to our class Zotero library. Jamison, Thomas. “Geospatial Intelligence and the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842): Reframing the History of U.S. Naval Intelligence.” Intelligence & National Security 33, no. 5 (August 2018): 705–15. doi:10.1080/02684527.2018.1442995.
- Find (at least) one additional primary source that relates to this specific topic of the week’s more general topic. Include an explanation of the source and a link to it. (I’d highly recommend using Tropy to keep track of these primary sources!)
“Synopsis of the report on zoophytes of the U.S. exploring expedition around the world, under C. Wilkes, U.S.N. commander, in the years 1838-1842”
James Dwight Dana and United States Exploring Expedition
Explorers 