Everything about Hms Providence totally explained
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HMS Providence was a British naval vessel of the
18th century commanded by
William Bligh from
1791 to
1793. Bligh completed a mission to collect
breadfruit trees and other botanical specimens from the Pacific, which he transported to the
West Indies. Specimens were given to the
Royal Botanic Gardens in St. Vincent.
In
1795, Captain
William Robert Broughton was ordered to rejoin the
Vancouver Expedition in command of
HMS Providence. Reaching Monterrey long after the expedition made its final departure, Robert decided (correctly) that Vancouver wouldn't have left his surveying task unfinished and departed to chart the coast of east Asia.
In the course of his explorations, he named
Caroline Island
Carolina (which later became "
Caroline") "in compliment to the daughter of Sir
P. Stephens of the
Admiralty.". This name superseded that given by
Pedro Fernández de Quirós, a
Portuguese explorer sailing on behalf of
Spain; his account names the island "San Bernardo."
Providence voyaged to Asia as the crew surveyed the coast of Hokkaidō before wintering at
Macau. There Broughton purchased a small schooner which proved providential when, in
1797 Providence wrecked at
Miyako-jima, south of
Okinawa. Broughton and his crew continued the mission in the schooner, exploring northeast Asia, and returned home in February 1799.
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