1790–1794 Spanish–British agreements to settle overlapping claims in northwestern America
For other uses, see Nootka (disambiguation).
Nootka Sound Conventions
Date
Nootka Sound Convention: October 28, 1790
Nootka Claims Convention: February 12, 1793
Convention for the Mutual Abandonment of Nootka: January 11, 1794
Location
Madrid, Spain
Also known as
Nootka Sound Convention
Nootka Claims Convention
Convention for the Mutual Abandonment of Nootka
Participants
Spain
Great Britain
Outcome
Britain and Spain were guaranteed freedom of the seas
The Nootka Sound Conventions were a series of three agreements between the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Great Britain, signed in the 1790s, which averted a war between the two countries over overlapping claims to portions of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
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Nootka Sound (French: Baie de Nootka) is a sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Northwest, historically...
permanently abandoned following the settlement and signing of the NootkaConvention. This final Spanish abandonment of the area left the Spanish missions...
to the first NootkaConvention. Each nation sent a commissioner to Nootka Sound in order to carry out the terms of the NootkaConvention and related diplomatic...
being peacefully resolved through diplomacy and the signing of the NootkaConventions. Due to Colnett's central role in the initial incident that sparked...
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administer the implementation of the NootkaConventions at Nootka Sound. As commandant of the Spanish establishment at Nootka, Bodega made a point of hosting...
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known as the Nootka Crisis. That was averted when both agreed to recognize the other's rights to the area in the first NootkaConvention in 1790, a first...
the second NootkaConvention in 1793 and the third Convention in 1794. As per that final agreement, the Spanish dismantled their fort at Nootka and left...
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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. Meares' father...
the second NootkaConvention in 1793 and the third Convention in 1794. As per that final agreement, the Spanish dismantled their fort at Nootka and left...
which was resolved by agreements known as the NootkaConvention. In 1790, the Spanish sent three ships to Nootka Sound, under the command of Francisco de Eliza...
command of his father, John Kendrick, during the first voyage. In 1789 at Nootka Sound left to join the Spanish Navy. John Boit was fifth officer of Columbia...
sailed from Macau to Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island in 1789. At Nootka Sound she was captured by the Spanish Navy during the Nootka Crisis. Taken to San...
the Nootka Crisis in 1789. Both sides mobilised for war, but when France refused to support Spain it was forced to back down, leading to the Nootka Convention...
triggering the Nootka Crisis, which grew into an international incident and the threat of war between Britain and Spain. The first NootkaConvention averted...
had to back down and capitulated to British terms leading to the NootkaConvention. The outcome of the crisis was a humiliation for Spain and a triumph...
gang. The Spanish backed down from their earlier stance in the Nootka Sound Convention, whose terms resulted in inconsistent instructions for the British...
triggering the Nootka Crisis. War between Spain and Great Britain over control of the Pacific Northwest was averted by the three NootkaConventions, signed in...
nootkatensis, the Nootka lupine, is a perennial plant of the genus Lupinus in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to North America. The Nootka lupine grows...