The Scientific Legacy of the U.S. Exploring Expedition
Nathaniel Philbrick
Adapted from Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery - The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
(Viking Penguin: New York, 2003)

From the Ends of the Earth - The Extraordinary Collections of the U.S. Exploring Expedition & About the U.S. Exploring Expedition Artifact Database
Jane Walsh
Museum Specialist
Anthropology Outreach Office
Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History

Botanical Exploration: Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow
W. John Kress
Research Scientist and Curator
Chairman, Department of Botany
United States National Herbarium
National Museum of Natural History

Titian Ramsay Peale and the Great U.S. South Seas Exploring Expedition
Sidney Hart
Senior Historian & Editor
The Charles Willson Peale Family Papers
National Portrait Gallery
(Originally published in Profile, the National Portrait Gallery's quarterly newsletter, summer 2004)

Introduction: The Publications of The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1844-1874 & Bibliographic Note: The Publications of The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1844-1874 (pdf)
Leslie K. Overstreet
Curator of Natural-History Rare Books
Special Collections Department
Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Selected Internet Resources on the United States Exploring Expedition
Compiled by Ronald Brashear
Head of Special Collections and
Curator of Science and Technology Rare Books
Smithsonian Institution Libraries