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From 1825 to 1848 the average number of ships traveling to California increased to about 25 ships per year—a large increase from the average of 2.5 ships per year from 1769 to 1824. [27] The port of entry for trading purposes was the Alta California Capital, Monterey, California, where customs duties of about 100% were applied. These high ...
Major Pierson (1781 ship) Manchester Packet (1806 ship) Margaret (1791 ship) Marquis de Somerulas (1800 ship) Mary Robinson (clipper) Memnon (clipper) Mendi (barque) Montezuma (1804 ship) Montezuma (1822 ship)
Castle Forbes (1818 ship) Castor (1782 ship) Cato (1800 ship) Cecilia (1790 ship) Ceres (1787 EIC ship) Ceres (1794 ship) Ceylon (1803 ship) Chapman (1777 ship) Charles Mills (1810 ship) Charlotte (1803 ship) Charming Kitty (1799 ship) Christopher (1785 ship) City of Edinburgh (1813 ship) Clyde (1820 ship) Comet (1800 ship) HMS Comet (1807 ...
Accomplished Quaker (1801 ship) Active (1801 whaler) Active (1805 ship) French brig Adèle; Adèle (1800 brig) Admiral Cockburn (1814 ship) Admiral Juel; Hired armed cutter Admiral Mitchell; Albatros (19th-century ship) Hired armed cutter Albion; Hired armed lugger Alert; Amelia Wilson (1809 ship) Ann (1807 ship) Anstruther (1800 ship) Atlantic ...
Dreadnought was a three-masted medium clipper ship built in 1853 by Currier & Townsend at Newburyport, MA. She was originally intended for the "Racehorse Line" of California clippers, but ended up sailing for the Red Cross Line of New York and Liverpool packets. In 1860 she set a new record for New York to Liverpool of only 9 days, 17 hours.
Caesar (1800 ship) Canada (1800 ship) Caroline (1800 Philadelphia ship) Caroline (1800 ship) Castle Eden (1800 EIC ship) HMS Centinel (1804) French ship Chatham (1810) City of London (1800 Indiaman) French frigate Clorinde (1801) Clothier (1800 ship) Comet (1800 ship) HMS Cornwallis (1805) HMS Courageux (1800) Cumberland (1800 ship) HMS Curieux ...
Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.
In fact, the abbreviated form "HMS" was not used until nearly the end of the following century, with the term "His Majesty's Ship" (formally altered to "Their Majesties' Ship" between 1689 and 1694, when William I and Mary II were co-rulers, and to "Her Majesty's Ship" between 1702 and 1714, and again from 1837 to 1901, when there was a queen ...