The Brock Papers : HMS Racoon
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni41563
- Date
- May 1990
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "The activities of the Racoon offer an insight into naval operations in the Pacific during "Mr. Madison's War" and with aid to the fur traders. Apart from the Providence, whose visit was partially for surveying, the Racoon was the first British man of war to visit the NE Pacific on an operational m…
- Date
- May 1990
- Period
- Nineteenth century
- Person
- Brock, Patrick Willet
- Corporation
- Racoon (Ship)
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Source Title
- Resolution Quarterly newsletter of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia
- Pages
- 10-13
- Abstract
- "The activities of the Racoon offer an insight into naval operations in the Pacific during "Mr. Madison's War" and with aid to the fur traders. Apart from the Providence, whose visit was partially for surveying, the Racoon was the first British man of war to visit the NE Pacific on an operational mission since Vancouver's Discovery."