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'''[[Charles Wilkes]]''' was an [[United States Navy|American naval]] officer, ship's captain, and explorer. The Exploring Expedition, commonly known as the "Wilkes Expedition," included naturalists, botanists, a mineralogist, taxidermists, artists and a philologist, and it was carried by USS ''Vincennes'' (780 tons) and [[USS Peacock|USS ''Peacock'']] (650 tons), the brig USS ''Porpoise'' (230 tons), the store-ship USS ''Relief'', and two schooners, USS ''Sea Gull'' (110 tons) and USS ''Flying Fish'' (96 tons).
The '''[[Barony of Brandenburg]]''' is one of three baronies inside the [[Colony of Calsahara]]. Baron of Brandenburg is a peerage title in the [[Nobility of Calsahara]]. Its motto is: "The Gateway to Calsahara."


Departing from Hampton Roads on 18 August 1838, the expedition stopped at the Madeira Islands and Rio de Janeiro; visited Tierra del Fuego, Chile, Peru, the Tuamotu Archipelago, Samoa, and New South Wales; from Sydney sailed into the [[Southern Ocean|Antarctic Ocean]] in December 1839 and reported the discovery "of an [[Antarctica|Antarctic continent]] west of the [[Balleny Islands]]" of which it sighted the coast on 25 January 1840.
Brandenburg is a narrow strip of land located on the border with the United States. It runs along the shore of the [[Seven Seas of Rhye]] inside the Duchy of Chutney and Monte Cristo County. The barony is an important place in Calsahara as it contains the only navigable entry and exit point to enter or leave the colony in a vehicle. This point, a natural depression which sometimes floods, is called "the Brandenburg Gate," although there is no gate present.


<p><small>Artist: Thomas Sully</small></p>
<p><small>Photographer: [[Grand Duke Travis]]</small></p>
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The Barony of Brandenburg is one of three baronies inside the Colony of Calsahara. Baron of Brandenburg is a peerage title in the Nobility of Calsahara. Its motto is: "The Gateway to Calsahara."

Brandenburg is a narrow strip of land located on the border with the United States. It runs along the shore of the Seven Seas of Rhye inside the Duchy of Chutney and Monte Cristo County. The barony is an important place in Calsahara as it contains the only navigable entry and exit point to enter or leave the colony in a vehicle. This point, a natural depression which sometimes floods, is called "the Brandenburg Gate," although there is no gate present.

Photographer: Grand Duke Travis

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