China maiden voyage queen

In order to ensure the success of the maiden voyage, Morris made careful preparations. He hired Green, who has rich sailing experience, as the captain of empress of china, and invited Shan Maozhao, who is good at dealing with people, as his business agent.

1784 65438+1On October 25th, the Governor of New York, george clinton, issued the empress of china with two documents: an entry and exit permit and a navigation passport. On October 30th, 65438/KLOC-0, the ship was awarded a sailing certificate with the seal of the United States of America.

American officials imagined that "Queen China" would come into contact with various officials and important people in China, so they wrote countless titles on their documents: monarch, emperor, king, prince, duke, earl, baron, Lord, mayor and senator. ...

For the sake of solemnity, Morris even carefully chose the sailing date, and finally chose a "auspicious day" recognized at that time:1February 22, 784-the birthday of President Washington. On this day, "empress of china" set sail for China with 473 loads of ginseng, 2,600 furs, 1 2,70 feather yarns, 26 loads of pepper, 476 loads of lead, more than 300 loads of cotton and 43 crew members.