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Field name | Value |
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Title | Lecture Notes |
Reference | Ms. N-834 (Tall) |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Collection | William Sturgis Papers, 1798-1845 |
Date | 1840-1849 |
Author / Creator | Sturgis, William F |
Description | Scripts for three lectures Sturgis gave in the 1840s on the history of the early fur trade along the northwest coast, in Hawaii, and at Canton, which discuss in particular the traders’ relations with the northwest Native Americans. |
Document Type | Manuscript |
Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Exploration and Discovery |
Keywords | voyage, trade, indigenous peoples, ship, seafaring, adventure, culture, ship, exploration, expedition, vessel, fur, food, supplies, navigation, world, customs, language, mission, commerce, sea otter, hostility, copper, captivity, weapons, language, attack, religion |
Countries | USA; Canada; China; Russia; France |
Places | Pacific Northwest; Hawaii; Washington DC; Rhode Island; Providence; Siberia; California; Kamchatka; Queen Charlotte Islands |
Ports | Honolulu, USA; Philadelphia, USA; Boston, USA; Guangzhou, China |
Ships | Columbia, Lady Washington, Dolphin, Sea Otter, Lydia |
People | Captain James Cook; Robert Gray; Maquinna |
Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |