Sea Otters and the China TradeThis is an account of what part the West Coast sea otter played in the development of the area, and in the growth of the important trade with China during the hundred years between 1741 and 1841. The courage, persistence, and ruthless purpose of the men of different nationalities who struggled to make fortunes for themselves, and get control of new territory for their governments is related. |
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... Macao . By eight o'clock that evening the ships had been securely anchored under the shelter of a small island . Across the harbor the lights of Macao winked enticingly at them . The warm breezes brought the smell of flowers and spices ...
... Macao . By eight o'clock that evening the ships had been securely anchored under the shelter of a small island . Across the harbor the lights of Macao winked enticingly at them . The warm breezes brought the smell of flowers and spices ...
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... Macao had seemed at all inter- ested . He began to suspect that the Russians in Kamchatka and the Aleutians had just been leading him on when they told him the sea otter furs were sent to China . Ledyard was impatient to leave this ...
... Macao had seemed at all inter- ested . He began to suspect that the Russians in Kamchatka and the Aleutians had just been leading him on when they told him the sea otter furs were sent to China . Ledyard was impatient to leave this ...
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... Macao Roads in January , 1790 , and sent word to Robert Gray up river in Whampoa . Robert Gray had hoped to be on his way home before his commander arrived and he had no wish to meet him again . Gray wrote Kendrick to take whatever furs ...
... Macao Roads in January , 1790 , and sent word to Robert Gray up river in Whampoa . Robert Gray had hoped to be on his way home before his commander arrived and he had no wish to meet him again . Gray wrote Kendrick to take whatever furs ...
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