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Tonquin Trail
Tonquin may refer to: Ships * Tonquin (1807), an American merchant vessel destroyed on Vancouver Island in 1811 * Tonquin (1845), a later American commercial vessel that sank in 1849 near San Francisco, CA * SS City of Paris (1865), a French steamship briefly named Tonquin that sank in 1885 Locations * Tonquin Valley, a valley located in Alberta * Tonquin Pass, a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies * Tonquin, Oregon, an unincorporated locale of Oregon Vietnam * Tonkin, the northern region of Vietnam * Tonquin War, an alternative name for the Sino-French War The Sino-French War (, french: Guerre franco-chinoise, vi, Chiến tranh Pháp-Thanh), also known as the Tonkin War and Tonquin War, was a limited conflict fought from August 1884 to April 1885. There was no declaration of war. The Chinese arm ... Plants * Tonquin bean, a flowering pea tree native to Central and South America {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonquin (1807)
''Tonquin'' was a 290-ton American merchant ship initially operated by Fanning & Coles and later by the Pacific Fur Company (PFC), a subsidiary of the American Fur Company (AFC). Its first commander was Edmund Fanning, who sailed to the Qing Empire for valuable Chinese trade goods in 1807. The vessel was outfitted for another journey to China and then was sold to German-American entrepreneur John Jacob Astor. Included within his intricate plans to assume control over portions of the lucrative North American fur trade, the ship was intended to establish and supply trading outposts on the Pacific Northwest coast. Valuable animal furs purchased and trapped in the region would then be shipped to China, where consumer demand was high for particular pelts. ''Tonquin'' left New York City for the Columbia River in late 1810. From there the vessel sailed across the Atlantic Ocean until reaching the Falkland Islands in December. Captain Jonathan Thorn marooned eight PFC employees there, tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
