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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 The accurate history presented in this work resulted from intense research and was drawn mainly from unpublished resources.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
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