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Visited by Cook and Webber on 22 April 1778. Houses appear in the background

1 print : engraving ; platemark 25.7 x 40.2 cm

The shore of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by S. Smith, 1784, after J. Webber.

A man with ear, nose and face ornaments

1 print : engraving ; platemark 30.6 x 24 cm

A man from Nootka Sound (British Columbia, Canada); encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

1 print : aquatint, with gouache ; image 25.6 x 21.7 cm

Inhabitants of Nootka Sound, Canada: four men and a woman holding a baby. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820, after J. Webber.

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Official papers relative to the dispute between the courts of Great Britain and Spain, on the subject of the ships captured in Nootka Sound, and the negociation that followed thereon; together with the proceedings in both houses of Parliament on the King's message: to whic are added the report of M. de Mirabeau, and the subsequent decrees of the National Assembly of France on the Family Compact.

A bird rattle (wooden model of bird with stone inside) and three masks, one of them a seal's face, possibly used as a decoy when hunting

1 print : engraving ; platemark 20.3 x 27.5 cm

Objects from Nootka Sound (British Columbia, Canada) encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by J. Record, 1784, after J. Webber.

The errors of the British minister, in the negotiation with the court of Spain.

An address to the Parliament and people of Great Britain, on the past and present state of affairs between Spain and Great Britain, respecting their American possessions.

The peace convention with Spain settled the Nootka Sound (Vancouver) crisis on terms favourable to Britain and led to the foundations of British Columbia. The agreement prevented illicit trade with Spanish settlements but allowed Britain to erect temporary huts for the purposes of the fishing trade. The convention was a diplomatic triumph for William Pitt but was opposed by others as an unmeaning conclusion and means of boosting Pitt's popularity prior to the general election

1 print : etching ; platemark 9.6 x 23.5 cm

Seven men in a tavern discussing the peace convention with Spain. Etching by Barlow, 1790, after S. Collings.

Visited by Cook and Webber on 22 April 1778. Fish are being smoked over a fire, and a large quantity of smoked fish are suspended from branches in the ceiling. Two large carved effigies are placed against the back wall

1 print : engraving ; platemark 26.9 x 40.2 cm

The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

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The shore of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by S. Smith, 1784, after J. Webber.

A man from Nootka Sound (British Columbia, Canada); encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

Inhabitants of Nootka Sound, Canada: four men and a woman holding a baby. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820, after J. Webber.

Objects from Nootka Sound (British Columbia, Canada) encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by J. Record, 1784, after J. Webber.

The errors of the British minister, in the negotiation with the court of Spain.

An address to the Parliament and people of Great Britain, on the past and present state of affairs between Spain and Great Britain, respecting their American possessions.

Seven men in a tavern discussing the peace convention with Spain. Etching by Barlow, 1790, after S. Collings.

The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

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The shore of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by S. Smith, 1784, after J. Webber.

A man from Nootka Sound (British Columbia, Canada); encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

Inhabitants of Nootka Sound, Canada: four men and a woman holding a baby. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820, after J. Webber.

Objects from Nootka Sound (British Columbia, Canada) encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by J. Record, 1784, after J. Webber.

The errors of the British minister, in the negotiation with the court of Spain.

An address to the Parliament and people of Great Britain, on the past and present state of affairs between Spain and Great Britain, respecting their American possessions.

Seven men in a tavern discussing the peace convention with Spain. Etching by Barlow, 1790, after S. Collings.

The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

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