Revisiting the Rediviva : first mate Robert Haswell's account of the Columbia Rediviva's activities in China and on the return journey during the second voyage
From 1787 to 1793 a group of Bostonians plied the sea otter pelt trade between the northwestern coast of the North American continent and Canton, China. By chance, in May of 1792, their captain, Captain Robert Gray discovered the Columbia River, thereby feeding the popular belief in a transcontinent...
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PDXScholar
1989
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| Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4068 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5078&context=open_access_etds |