When was it published?

August 3, 1858 in The Daily Butte Record

Foreign News August 3, 1858

The Daily Butte Record

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Japanese Coast Survey, Schooner Fenimore Cooper, Lieut Brooke, Joseph Heco, Formosa Survey

Chico, Oroville, Butte County, California

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What is this article about?

The U.S. schooner Fenimore Cooper, under Lieut. Brooke, will depart around August 5 for government surveys of Japanese Islands and Formosa, carrying Joseph Heco, a Japanese man with a federal commission.

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Survey of Japanese Coast.—The Schooner Fenimore Cooper, ordered to make certain surveys for the Government on the shores of the Japanese Islands and Formosa, will sail from here about the 5th August, under command of Lieut. Brooke. Among the persons who will go out on her, will be Joseph Heco, the educated Japanese young man, who was picked up by an American vessel from a wrecked junk eight years ago, when he was twelve years of age; and he has since resided in this city and Washington. He bears with him a commission from the Federal Government.—Alta.

What sub-type of article is it?

Naval Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Japanese Coast Survey Schooner Fenimore Cooper Lieut Brooke Joseph Heco Formosa Survey

What entities or persons were involved?

Lieut. Brooke Joseph Heco

Where did it happen?

Japanese Islands And Formosa

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Japanese Islands And Formosa

Event Date

About The 5th August

Key Persons

Lieut. Brooke Joseph Heco

Event Details

The Schooner Fenimore Cooper, ordered to make certain surveys for the Government on the shores of the Japanese Islands and Formosa, will sail from here about the 5th August, under command of Lieut. Brooke. Among the persons who will go out on her, will be Joseph Heco, the educated Japanese young man, who was picked up by an American vessel from a wrecked junk eight years ago, when he was twelve years of age; and he has since resided in this city and Washington. He bears with him a commission from the Federal Government.