Voyage on discoveries in the ship Columbia Rediviva, 1791-1793.

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Voyage on discoveries in the ship Columbia Rediviva, 1791-1793.

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Log and narrative of the 2nd voyage of the ship Columbia Rediviva from Boston to the northwest coast of America, to Canton, China, and home to Boston, recorded by Robert Haswell, 1st mate. The narrative covers the period 14 Aug. 1791 (on Hancock's River) to 26 May 1793 (on St. Helena). The Columbia, commanded by Captain Robert Gray, sailed up and down the northwest coast trading with the native Americans for sea otter furs, sailed to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), and then traded the furs in Canton for tea and other Chinese wares.

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Haswell, Robert, 1768-1801

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Robert Haswell was the third officer on the Columbia and then became second mate on the Washington. From the description of Voyage round the world onboard the ship Columbia-Rediviva and sloop Washington: typescript /by Robert Haswell, transcribed by B. L. Eddy, 1896 Apr 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126613 ...

Gray, Robert, 1755-1806

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Columbia (Ship : 1787-1801)

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Administrative history unavailable. From the description of Columbia (Ship) fonds. 1789, 1791. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 606461396 The Columbia, also known as the Columbia Rediviva was a three-masted sailing ship of 212 tons owned by Joesph Barrell of Boston, Massachusetts, and built in 1773 by James Briggs. In its first voyage to the Pacific northwest, the Columbia (Captain John Kendrick) was accompanied by the sloop Lady Washington (Capt...