Simon Metcalfe (also spelled Metcalf) (c. 1741 – 1794) was a British-born American surveyor and one of the first American maritime fur traders to visit the Pacific Northwest coast.
As early visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in 1789, Metcalfe and his son Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe unwittingly provided Western military weapons and advisors for Kamehameha I, when two of their men and a ship and its armaments were captured.[1] These helped the chief win strategic battles and unify the Hawaiian Islands. The son Thomas and most of his crew were killed about 1789-1790 in an attack by Hawaiian warriors, which the father never learned about.
Simon Metcalfe later returned to the Pacific Northwest. He and all but one of his crew were killed in 1794 in an attack by Haida warriors who were allowed on the ship for trading. This was in what were then known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, now known as Haida Gwaii in present-day British Columbia, Canada.
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massacre that took place in Maui in 1790. In 1789, American Captain SimonMetcalfe set out on a maritime fur trading mission with two ships: the large...
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Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe, and crew of four were soon released. Hoping to rendezvous with his father, SimonMetcalfe, Thomas Metcalfe sailed to Hawaii...
assisted Kamehameha. In 1789, SimonMetcalfe captained the fur trading vessel the Eleanora while his son, Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe, captained the ship Fair...
Nootka Crisis. The younger Metcalfe's vessel was captured by Chief Kameʻeiamoku, who had been insulted and flogged by SimonMetcalfe earlier that year. Kameʻeiamoku...
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and artwork Alan Winstanley – production Clive Langer – production SimonMetcalfe – engineering assistance Gino Sprio – sleeve photography Jo Slee – sleeve...
more in 1788 with John Meares, and some in 1789 with American trader SimonMetcalfe, who reached Maui from Macau. Visiting the Sandwich Islands in 1794...
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Captain SimonMetcalfe from hearing the news of the destruction of the Fair American, and the death of Metcalfe's son, Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe, after...
trade vessels seeking to acquire sea otter pelts, Ino, under captain SimonMetcalfe, which was captured in Houston Stewart Channel near Ninstints, and Resolution...
traders include William F. Sturgis, Joseph Ingraham, SimonMetcalfe and his son Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe, Daniel Cross, John Boit, James Magee, and John DeWolf...
tested on the River Tyne in England. Olowalu Massacre: American Captain SimonMetcalfe opens fire with cannon towards villagers in canoes, killing about one...
Humphrey Metcalfe, was captured by the forces of Martínez upon arrival. Its sister ship, the Eleanora, under Humphrey's father, SimonMetcalfe, was nearly...
Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe, was captured by Martínez upon arrival. Its sister ship, the Eleanora, under Humphrey's father, SimonMetcalfe, was nearly captured...
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