The voyage of the Racoon; a "secret" journal of a visit to Oregon, California, and Hawaii, 1813-1814.

During the War of 1812, Great Britain sent the warship Racoon to seize the fur trading post at Astoria but found that the Americans had already sold to the Canadians. Damaged trying to sail out the bar of the Columbia River, the Racoon went to San Francisco for repairs, to Monterey, and then to Hawa...

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Corporate Authors: Racoon (Sloop of war), Racoon (Sloop)
Other Authors: Hussey, John A., (ed., Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1958.
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