Hope (1789 brigantine)
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Hope |
Owner | Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Russell Sturgis, and James Magee |
Laid down | 1789, at Kittery, Maine |
Launched | 1789 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Brigantine[1] |
Tons burthen | 70 or 72 (bm)[1] |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | Brigantine |
Crew | 16[1] |
Armament | 12 swivel guns[1] |
Hope was an American brigantine built at Kittery, Maine in 1789 for use in the maritime fur trade and owned by Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Russell Sturgis, and James Magee.[1]
The Hope left
On 17 January 1791, Hope was off Cape Horn when she encountered
After leaving the Marquesas the Hope sailed north to the Hawaiian Islands and then on to Haida Gwaii on the Northwest Coast,[2] arriving in June, 1791.[1] The ship and crew spent the summer trading very successfully for sea otter pelts with the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast.[2] In the fall Ingraham sailed to Canton, China, where the furs were sold via the Canton System. He sailed back to the Northwest Coast from Canton, arriving in July, 1792. During the first Northwest Coast cruise Ingraham had dealt creatively with the changing demand for trade goods among the native peoples. He had his crew fashion neckrings out of thick iron and copper wire, twisted together. These were extremely popular on the coast in 1791. When he returned in 1792 he found to his dismay that demands had changed and he could barely give away his trade goods. As a result, his voyage ended up losing money in the end.[1]
In August the Hope met the Margaret, under James Magee, at Nootka Sound. On August 12 the Hope and Margaret, temporarily commanded by first mate David Lamb, sailed from Nootka Sound in company, seeking fur trading opportunities. Near Haida Gwaii they separated, but rejoined at Nootka Sound near the end of September.[7]
On September 26, 1792, the Hope was in
In October 1792 the Hope and Margaret sailed in company for the Hawaiian Islands. On November 8 the Margaret and Hope encountered the Halcyon under Captain Charles Barkley. The three vessels sailed together to Waikiki, Oahu, to procure water. Then they sailed to Kauai, arriving on 11 November. On the 13th the Halcyon left for Guangzhou (Canton), China. The Hope and Margaret did likewise shortly after.[7] On the journey to China, the ship log shows the Hope passing by Formosa.[4] From Canton the Hope sailed back to Boston.[2]
Captain Ingraham's log of the voyage was published in 1971 as Journal of the Brigantine Hope on a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of North America, 1790–1792. Unlike many ship logs of the time it is full of insightful commentary, humor, good charts, beautiful illustrations of people, plants, animals, and more. Ebenezer Dorr kept a log and journal of the voyage, of which two portions survive.[1]
See also
- History of the west coast of North America
- List of ships in British Columbia
Notes
Citations
- ^ ISBN 978-1-895901-18-4.
- ^ a b c d e Hittell, Theodore Henry (1885). History of California. Occidental publishing co: v. 3-4.
- ^ a b c d "Account of the Discovery of Seven Islands in the South Pacifick Ocean, by Capt. Joseph Ingraham". excerpts from the COLLECTIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS Historical Society For the Year 1793. Vol. II. Cape Cod History. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
- ^ JSTOR 210470.
- ^ Howey (1920), p. 5.
- ^ Herman, Margolis & Danis (1985), p. 166.
- ^ a b Howay, Frederic William (1929). "The Ship Margaret: Her History and Historian". Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society. 38: 34–40. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Howay, Frederic W. Voyages of the Columbia to the Northwest Coast. Boston: The Massachusetts Historical Society (1941), p. 355
- ^ Howay, Frederic W., p. 355
References
- Herman, Viola; Margolis, J. Carolyn; Danis, Jan S., eds. (1985). Magnificent voyagers: Exploring Expedition 1838-1842. Smithsonian. ISBN 9780874749465.
- Howey, F.W. (1920). "The Voyage of the Hope: 1799–1792". Washington Historical Quarterly. 11: 3–28.
External links
- ""A Canoe of Nootka Sound", watercolor by Joseph Ingraham". Library of Congress.