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- Nootka - Encyclopedia. com
Nootka Tribe of Native Americans living along the w coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia They were once expert fishermen and were the only Native Americans on Canada 's Pacific coast to hunt whales
- Nootka Sound | Encyclopedia. com
Nootka Sound crisis, 1790–1 In May 1789 two Spanish warships entered Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, pulled down the British flag, seized vessels, and claimed the coast up to Alaska for Spain The subsequent crisis was not resolved until autumn 1791 and coincided with a British general election Pitt took over conduct of the negotiations from Leeds, his foreign secretary
- Meares, John | Encyclopedia. com
Two years later he went to Nootka Sound, erected a trading post on its shores, and built the Northwest America, first ship launched in British Columbia In 1789 his establishment at Nootka Sound was seized by the Spanish; war between England and Spain was narrowly averted Meares later returned to the British navy and became (1795) a commander
- Potlatch - Encyclopedia. com
POTLATCH POTLATCH "Potlatch" is anglicized from the Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) word patshatl, which means "giving " The Nootka term came to be used in Chinook jargon, a Northwest Coast of North America [1] lingua franca [2], in the 1860s with the beginning of Euro-Canadian settlement
- George Vancouver Charts the Pacific Coast of North America from . . .
In August 1792 Vancouver reached Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island and met with the Spanish, who still disputed the ownership of the area with Great Britain Vancouver was fully aware that England and Spain were at odds over who had the right to control and exploit this land
- George Vancouver - Encyclopedia. com
Vancouver, George (c 1758–98) Born in King's Lynn, Vancouver was originally only a seaman on Cook's second voyage, but rose to command in the Royal Navy After further service with Cook, he was sent in 1791 in Discovery to re-establish British claims to Nootka Sound, disputed with Spain, to explore the north-east coast of the Pacific, and to seek the North-West passage His voyage revealed
- Captain George Vancouver - Encyclopedia. com
Captain George Vancouver1758-1798 English Navigator and Explorer Source for information on Captain George Vancouver: Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery dictionary
- Kwakiutl - Encyclopedia. com
Southern Kwakiutl border the Chickliset Nootka and Comox Salish on Vancouver Island and Homathco and Klahuse Salish and Owikeno Kwakiutl on the mainland Relations with all these neighbors were similar to those that obtained among the Southern Kwakiutl groups themselves: a mixture of bellicose raiding and amicable feasting, marriage, and trade
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