Vessel
Kodiak
Kodiak: 4 recorded visits to the Californias, 1808 to 1827, calling at Trinidad, Bodega, Monterey. Flag Russia. Every visit cited to its source.
- Flag
- Russia
- Recorded span
- 1808 to 1827
- Recorded visits
- 4
- Name as written
- Kodiak (2), [Coniach/Goosebfh — Savage garbles] (1), Cadiac (1)
- Anchorages
- Trinidad, Bodega, Monterey
- Record status
- reviewed
Recorded visits
The RAC Kodiak (Petrov/Kuskov) touched Trinidad en route from Sitka to her Bodega winter — a Russian ship at Trinidad Bay, late 1808
- Published secondary source: Ogden 1941, appendix, s.v. 'Kodiak, 1808-1809'
KUSKOV'S KODIAK AT BODEGA, 28 Dec 1808 – 18 Aug 1809 (capt. Petrov; 130 hunters; 2,350 otter): the Spanish knew only 'a Russian frigate anchored at Bodega' (deserters, Feb 1809)
- Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 12, doc 324b: Arguello's 16 Feb 1809 intelligence: two Anglo-American deserters from 'a Russian frigate anchored at Bodega' (leaf-verified record; ship name garbled)
- Secondary attestation: Bolkhovitinov (Istoriia Russkoi Ameriki) / Gibson-Istomin: Kuskov’s Kodiak expedition wintered at Bodega, 1808-09
- Published secondary source: Ogden 1941, appendix, s.v. 'Kodiak, 1808-1809'
Sources disagree: the Spanish record cannot name the ship (Savage garble 'Coniach'); identification from the Russian side — the two-archive join
[Ogden itinerary] Kodiak, 1808-1809: Bodega 1809-08-18
- Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Kodiak, 1808-1809'
Monthly income/expense: anchorage (2 vessels), tonnage on the vessel 'Cadiac' (Kodiak, 172 t, $430), loans, *Franklin* i
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