Author

Contributions

  • Pierce, Richard A. 1918- - Contributor

Publication

1991 - Limestone Press, Kingston, Ont, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

58,500 words, Guess

Page Count

234 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC338.4/76753/092
  • DDCB
  • LCCF880.M54 R53 1991

Description

Biography of Simon Metcalfe (d. 1794) an American sea captain who was the first to hunt sea otters on the Northwest Coast between Alaska and California and to hunt seals on Kerguelen Island in the Antarctic, as well as one of the first to trade between Hawaii and China.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryBiographyFur tradeBiographiesFur traders18th centuryOceanography

People

Simon MetcalfeSimon Metcalfe (d. 1794)Simon Metcalfe (m. 1794)

Times

Other Editions

  • Captain Simon MetcalfeLimestone Press1991

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