Title: Captain Simon Metcalfe
First published: 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: Biographies, Fur traders, Coureurs de bois, Biography, History, Fur trade, 18th century, Alaska, biography, Oceanography, Nature and wildlife, Pacific studies
Places: Hawaii, Pacific Northwest, United States, Canada (Sud-Ouest), Pacific Area, Oregon (Région), États-Unis (Nord-Ouest), Chine, China
People: Simon Metcalfe (d. 1794), Simon Metcalfe, Simon Metcalfe (m. 1794)
Time periods: To 1893