The Nootka Sound Controversy: A dissertation

This work presents an extended account of the Nootka Sound incident. This controversy was a conflict over the seizure of vessels at Nootka Sound, an inlet on the western coast of Vancouver Island, that almost provoked a war between Great Britain and Spain. The accurate history presented in this work resulted from intense research and was drawn mainly from unpublished resources. The writer wonderfully delivered many significant yet unknown facts in simple words.

Contents include:

Introduction

The English plans for occupying Nootka Sound

The Spanish plans for occupying Nootka Sound—The conflicting claims before 1789

Martinez's operations at Nootka before Colnett's arrival

The quarrel and the seizure

The English prisoners in Mexico

Attempts at peaceable settlement

Europe prepares for war

England's first demand granted

America's relations to the controversy

The national assembly and the family compact—Effect on the negotiation

English ultimatum—Spanish defiance

The Nootka Sound convention—Its reception and results

Subsequent negotiations and final settlement of the Nootka Sound dispute