Accompanied by a 36-gun Royal Navy frigate, HMS Phoebe, the Isaac Todd set sail for the mouth of the Columbia River where it would resupply the company’s trading posts west of the Rockies.
Defying her parents wishes was a bold move, but for Phoebe Sin Man-yau, it was the correct one. When Sin, 27, decided she wanted to enter the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, she chose not to tell her ...