Vessel
El otro Boston
El otro Boston: 2 recorded visits to the Californias, 1796, calling at Monterey. Flag United States. Every visit cited to its source.
- Flag
- United States
- Recorded span
- 1796
- Recorded visits
- 2
- Name as written
- El otro Boston (1), Otter (El otro Boston) (1)
- Anchorages
- Monterey
- Record status
- reviewed
Recorded visits
1796-05-28 to 1796-07-07 · Monterey
sighting alta
CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE: Tobar on goleta *Sutil* explored coast Bucareli→Monterey. May 28: sighted frigate ~15 leagues fro [reclassified 2026-08-04: offshore sighting 28 May 1796, identification with the Otter inferred; the Otter's first PORT entry remains Monterey 29 Oct 1796]
- Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 14, doc 1053 (scan n244–245)
- Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC I narrates this vessel in 1796 (Monterey, San Francisco)
- Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Otter, 1796' (Monterey, 1796-11-06)
1796-10-29 to 1796-11-06 · Monterey
port-call alta otter arrived
THE FIRST AMERICAN SHIP IN A CALIFORNIA PORT: the Otter of Boston (Ebenezer Dorr), Monterey, 29 Oct 1796 — Spanish renderings 'El otro Boston', Capt.
- Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft, HoC I (the 1796 chapter)
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