James Colnett
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Captain James Colnett was a Royal Navy officer, explorer and a fur trader. He served under James Cook during Cook's second voyage of exploration. Later he led two private trading expeditions that invo
Detail of an engraving of Colnett's arrest with him in the centre
The Spanish taking Colnett and Argonaut prisoner at Nootka Sound
Colnett's chart of the Galapagos
Nootka Sound
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Nootka Sound is a sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Northwest, historically known as King George's Sound. It separates Vancouver Island and Nootka
Clouds over Nootka Sound
John Webber's A Native of King George's Sound, drawing published in a 1783 book about Captain James Cook
John Webber's The Launching of the North West America Ships of Meares at Nootka Sound in 1788
John Webber's Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, c. 1788