Lincoln brought in Joseph Hooker, despite his record of loose talk about the need for a military dictatorship.

And right on top of the nearest coconut tree, with a hatchet in one hand and a cell phone in the other, was a local toddy tapper, who proceeded to bring down the coconuts for us to drink.

After further cruising in the Pacific Ocean, he again proceeded north, but severe illness compelled him to return to Europe, and he reached the Neva River on August 3, 1818, bringing home a large collection of previously unknown plants and much new ethnological information.