| ID | 187746 |
| Title Proper | United States’ First Overseas Possession |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shoemaker, Nancy |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In April 1791, Captain Joseph Ingraham of the Boston brigantine Hope happened upon seven islands not found on any European charts of the Pacific. With patriotic fervor, he named them Washington, Adams, Federal, Lincoln, Hancock, Knox, and Franklin and in a “ceremony of taking possession” claimed them for the United States.1 Few Americans today, historians included, realize that many people in the first half of the nineteenth century believed that the United States did indeed have some kind of claim to these densely populated, Polynesian islands located more than 4000 miles west of Peru |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomatic History Vol. 46, No.5; Nov 2022: p.847–872 |
| Journal Source | Diplomatic History Vol: 46 No 5 |
| Key Words | United States |