Lanz Island

Lanz Island (50˚49'00" 128˚41'00" One of the Scott Is, W of Cape Scott, off NW end of Vancouver I). David Lance (1757–1820), born in Kent, went out to Canton as a clerk for the E India Co in 1773, when only 16. He became a junior trader in 1779 and was later in charge of the Canton office. He also collaborated with other young China traders in private trading ventures. One of Lance’s private efforts appears to have been the financing, along with John Cox, of Capt James Hanna’s second...

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