Hope was an American brigantine built at Kittery, Maine in 1789 for use in the maritime fur trade and owned by Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Russell Sturgis, and James Magee. The Hope left Boston on September 16, 1790, for the Pacific Northwest Coast under the command of Joseph Ingraham, former first mate on board the Columbia Rediviva under the command of first John Kendrick and then Robert Gray. The Hope sailed around Cape Horn, passing by the southern tip of South America on January 26, 1791. Hope next touched land on April 14 when she put in at on the island of Dominica, part of the Marquesas Islands chain. There the ship took on limited provisions before setting sail once again. Then on April 19, they discovered a small uncharted island group. The five islands were situated about 9 degree