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East India Squadron
The East India Squadron, or East Indies Squadron, was a Squadron (naval), squadron of American ships that existed in the nineteenth century. It focused on protecting American interests in the Far East, while the Pacific Squadron concentrated on the western coasts of the Americas and the South Pacific Ocean. Its duties included the Yangtze River Patrol in China. The East India Squadron was established in 1835 and existed until it became part of the Asiatic Squadron in 1868. History Shortly before Senator Levi Woodbury of New Hampshire became United States Secretary of the Navy, secretary of the Navy in 1831, Edmund Roberts (diplomat), Edmund Roberts had sent him a letter detailing the neglected state of Far Eastern commerce and Whaling in the United States, whaling. Near the end of that year, American Spice trade, pepper trader ''Friendship'' returned to her home port of Salem, Massachusetts, Salem, to report that Sumatran pirates had killed the Chief mate, first officer and tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Bay
is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan spanning the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture, on the southern coast of the island of Honshu. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel. The Tokyo Bay region is the most populous and the largest industrialized area in Japan. Names In ancient times, the Japanese knew Tokyo Bay as the . By the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600) the area had become known as after the city of Edo. The bay took its present name in modern times, after the Imperial court moved to Edo and renamed the city Tokyo in 1868. Geography Tokyo Bay juts prominently into the Kantō Plain. It is surrounded by the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture to the east and the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture to the west. The shore of Tokyo Bay consists of a Diluvium, diluvial plateau and is subject to rapid marine erosion. Sediments on the shore of the bay make for a smooth, continuous shoreline. Bound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Mate
A chief mate (C/M) or chief officer, usually also synonymous with the first mate or first officer, is a licensed mariner and head of the deck department of a merchant ship. The chief mate is customarily a watchstander and is in charge of the ship's cargo and deck crew. The actual title used will vary by ship's employment, by type of ship, by nationality, and by trade: for instance, ''chief mate'' is not usually used in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth, although ''chief officer'' and ''first mate'' are; on passenger ships, the first officer may be a separate position from that of the chief officer that is junior to the latter. The chief mate answers to the Sea captain, captain for the safety and security of the ship. Responsibilities include the crew's welfare and training in areas such as safety, firefighting, search and rescue. The mate on a fishing vessel may be called the second hand. Senior onboard operations manager The Chief Mate, who is the Second-in-command, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circumnavigation
Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical object, astronomical body (e.g. a planet or natural satellite, moon). This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth. The first circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magellan's circumnavigation, Magellan Expedition, which sailed from Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific, and Indian Ocean, Indian oceans. Since the rise of commercial aviation in the late 20th century, circumnavigating Earth is straightforward, usually taking days instead of years. Today, the challenge of circumnavigating Earth has shifted towards human and technological endurance, speed, and List of circumnavigations#Miscellaneous, less conventional methods. Etymology The word ''circumnavigation'' is a noun formed from the verb ''circumnavigate'', from the past participle of the Latin verb ''circumnavigare'', from ''circum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS John Adams (1799)
The first ''John Adams'' was originally built in 1799 as a frigate for the United States Navy, used as a stores ship/provisioning ship ordered to provide that service in May, 1804, converted to a corvette in 1809, and later converted back to a frigate in 1830. Named for American Founding Father and president John Adams, she fought in the Quasi-War, the First and Second Barbary Wars, the War of 1812, the Second Sumatran Expedition, the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. At the end of her career, she participated in the Union blockade of South Carolina's ports. Origin ''John Adams'' was built for the United States by the people of Charleston, South Carolina, under contract to Paul Pritchard and launched in the latter's shipyard some from Charleston 5 June 1799. Quasi-War Captain George Cross sailed ''John Adams'' on 20 October for Cayenne, French Guiana, to operate against French privateers based at that port. By the time she arrived off South America, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Columbia (1836)
The first USS ''Columbia'' of the United States Navy to be commissioned was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate, built at the Washington Navy Yard and carrying 54 guns (an earlier USS Columbia, ''Columbia'' was destroyed during the burning of Washington in 1814 whilst it was still under construction). Her keel was laid in 1825, but as was typical of much Navy construction during this period, she was not launched until much later, on 9 March 1836. On her first cruise, from May 1838 – June 1840 with Lieutenant George A. Magruder in command, ''Columbia'' rounded the Cape of Good Hope to become flagship of Commodore (United States), Commodore George C. Read in the East India Squadron. She returned to the United States by way of Cape Horn, becoming one of the first U.S. naval ships to circumnavigate the globe. She participated in the 1838 Second Sumatran Expedition in response to a Maylay attack on an American merchant vessel. The ''Columbia'' served as flagship of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Exploring Expedition
The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States. The original appointed commanding officer was Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones. Funding for the original expedition was requested by President John Quincy Adams in 1828; however, Congress would not implement funding until eight years later. In May 1836, the oceanic exploration voyage was finally authorized by Congress and created by President Andrew Jackson. The expedition is sometimes called the U.S. Ex. Ex. for short, or the Wilkes Expedition in honor of its next appointed commanding officer, United States Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. The expedition was of major importance to the growth of science in the United States, in particular the then-young field of oceanography. During the event, armed conflict between Pacific islanders and the expedition was common and dozens of natives were killed in action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most Favored Nation
In international economic relations and international politics, most favoured nation (MFN) is a status or level of treatment accorded by one state to another in international trade. The term means the country which is the recipient of this treatment must nominally receive equal trade advantages as the "most favoured nation" by the country granting such treatment (trade advantages include low tariffs or high import quotas). In effect, a country that has been accorded MFN status may not be treated less advantageously than any other country with MFN status by the promising country. There is a debate in legal circles whether MFN clauses in bilateral investment treaties include only substantive rules or also procedural protections. The members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agree to accord MFN status to each other. Exceptions allow for preferential treatment of developing countries, regional free trade areas and customs unions. Together with the principle of national treatmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Said Bin Sultan, Sultan Of Muscat And Oman
Sayyid Saïd bin Sultan al-Busaidi (, , ) (5 June 1791 – 19 October 1856) was Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the fifth ruler of the Al Bu Said dynasty from 1804 to 4 June 1856. His rule began after a period of conflict and internecine rivalry of succession that followed the death of his father, Sultan bin Ahmad, in November 1804. He is often referred to as the Lion of Oman (), as one of the greatest Omani sultans. Said's uncle Qais bin Ahmad finally agreed to Said's primacy after Said had killed his cousin, Badr bin Saif, a pretender to the throne. Said is noted for moving his capital to Zanzibar, where it remained during the time when the Omani Empire reached the zenith of its power and wealth. Early years Said bin Sultan was son of Sultan bin Ahmed, who ruled Oman from 1791 to 1804. Sultan bin Ahmed died in 1804 on an expedition to Basra. He appointed Mohammed bin Nasir bin Mohammed al-Jabry as the Regent and guardian of his two sons, Salim bin Sultan and Said bin Sultan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huế
Huế (formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province) is the southernmost coastal Municipalities of Vietnam, city in the North Central Coast region, the Central Vietnam, Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quảng Trị province, Quảng Trị to the north, Quảng Nam and Đà Nẵng to the south, Salavan province, Salavan of Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east. As one of the country's six direct-controlled municipality, direct-controlled municipalities, it falls under the administration of the Politics of Vietnam, central government. Huế has 128 km of coastline, 22,000 hectare, ha of lagoons and over 200,000 ha of forest. The city is located in the middle of the North Central and South Central regions (including the South Central Coast and Central Highlands (Vietnam), Central Highlands), and is transitional in many aspects: geology, climate, administrative division and local culture. Huế and its surroundings is widely k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Peacock (1828)
USS ''Peacock'' was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy that served in the War of 1812 and later the United States Exploring Expedition. ''Peacock'' ran aground and broke apart on the Columbia Bar without loss of life in 1841. Construction Funding for creating the ''Peacock'' was authorized by an act of Congress on 3 March 1813. Its keel was laid down at the New York Navy Yard on 9 July by Adam and Noah Brown and launched on 19 September. War of 1812 ''Peacock'' served in the War of 1812 and captured twenty British ships. She performed three cruises under the command of Master Commandant Lewis Warrington. On 12 March 1814, ''Peacock'' departed New York with supplies to the naval station at St. Mary's, Georgia. In late April the ''Peacock'' captured the British Royal Navy brig near the Bahamas. The prize was sent to Savannah, Georgia, where the United States Navy took her into service as USS ''Epervier''. She began her second cruise on 4 June, departing from Savanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
