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John Meares
Lieutenant John Meares. From an engraving after the picture by W. Beechey in Meares' Voyages.
Bornc. 1756
Ireland
Died29 January 1809
Bath, United Kingdom

John Meares (c. 1756 – 1809) was an English navigator, explorer, and maritime fur trader, best known for his role in the Nootka Crisis, which brought Britain and Spain to the brink of war.

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fur-trading post founded by Captain Robert Gray. Meares Island is reachable by boat or water taxi. Meares Island became historically significant shortly...

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summer Meares and the three ships left. During the winter of 1788–89 Meares was in Guangzhou (Canton), China, where he and others including John Henry...

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vessel to make landfall on the Oregon coast near Tillamook, Oregon. John Meares claimed that she was the first non-native vessel to circumnavigate Vancouver...

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post and colony on land previously acquired by his business associate John Meares. At the end of the summer Martínez abandoned Nootka and took the captured...

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of Warm Springs. European fur traders became aware of the falls in 1810. John McLoughlin established a land claim at the falls in the name of the Hudson's...

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Northwest, including scientific and surveying expeditions. In 1788, John Meares explored Nootka Sound and the neighboring coasts and claimed to have...

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The ship Iphigenia Nubiana, under Captain William Douglas and owned by John Meares, was impounded and the Spanish navy seized two other British ships, including...

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acquisition. — John Meares, Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America: 2  The next year, Meares had another...

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western coast. Cook claimed it for Great Britain. Maritime fur trader, John Meares arrived in 1786 and set up a single-building trading post near the native...

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