Daedalus Point

Daedalus Point (51˚48'00" 128˚00'00" N end of Nalau I, W side of Fitz Hugh Sd, S of Bella Bella). This Daedalus was a 317-tonne transport or storeship that rendezvoused with Capt George Vancouver at Nootka Sd late in 1792 in order to resupply him. The ship had stopped en route at Hawaii, with disastrous consequences: its cdr, Lt Richard Hergest, a friend of Vancouver, was killed by Hawaiian attackers, along with William Gooch, an astronomer coming to join HMS Discovery. Vancouver put Lt James...

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