After three attempts, both countries agreed (in the Nootka Convention) that neither could claim exclusive sovereignty of the area and that Nootka Sound would become a free port. The bold move, dubbed the Nootka Controversy, nearly sent the two countries to war, since England claimed Meares had rightfully purchased the land. In 1789, the Spanish sent Esteban Martínez to officially settle the Nootka Sound, seizing ships financed by England's John Meares upon his arrival. The main difference between the show and the real history of the area is that it wasn't the Americans and Brits who warred over Nootka it was (almost) the English and the Spanish. The sound represented direct access to China and, more specifically, cash money. (Fun fact: The name Nootka was a result of Cook misinterpreting the indigenous people's directions to the sound - " Nootka, Itchme Nootka, Itchme" - as its proper name.) Much like in Taboo, several countries sought control of Nootka Sound as a trade post following Cook's success. The sea otter pelts mentioned reportedly went for $10,000 in Macao - an insane con, as Cook noted the Mowachaht would trade "anything" for his metals. ![]() "Their articles were the skins of various animals, such as bears, wolfs, foxes, dear, rackoons, polecats, martins and in particular the sea beaver." "A great many canoes filled with the Natives were about the ships all day, and a trade commenced betwixt us and them, which was carried on the strictest honisty on boath sides," he wrote in his Voyages made in the years 17, from China to the North West Coast of America. It's believed that Spanish ships first discovered Nootka Sound as early as 1774, but it wasn't until 1778 that the first documented interaction with the area and its inhabitants took place, when British explorer Captain James Cook bartered for fur with the Mowachaht. (Today, the term refers to all the aboriginal tribes of western Vancouver Island, including the Mowachaht, who traded with the sound's first European visitors.) As noted in the intro to John Jewitt's White Slaves of Maquinna, the Nuu-chah-nulth were likely people "who had crossed the Bering Strait about 12,000 years ago." We offer the entire mapbook map options (all maps in that mapbook) on all apps, while the individual maps are also available on Avenza.Nootka Sound was first populated by the Nuu-chah-nulth, a name you should recognize from Taboo as the tribe of Delaney's late mother. You will need to download the app and find our maps in their store. These maps can be used on 3rd party apps on your smartphone or tablet including Avenza, Locus Maps and Topo Maps+. ![]() The Digital or mobile TOPO version is a calibrated PDF map that allows tracking, adding waypoints, zooming in and out and other GPS features. Nootka Island - Vancouver Island BC comes in both Print and Digital Versions. The map covers Nootka Island, Crawfish Lake, Skuna Bay, Calvin Creek, Bajo Creek, Nootka Trail and more! This map also covers the following Wildlife Management Units: WMU 1-12 Vancouver Island. ![]() Covering 1,090 km2 (420 mi2) in total, this map is available in digital or trackable PDF format to use on several 3rd Party apps including Avenza, Locus Maps and Topo Maps+. No other map for the area provides you with this level of recreational or topographic detail. This recreation topographic map for Nootka Island highlights all the logging roads, trails and recreational Points of Interest including hunting, camping, hiking, mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, backcountry skiing, wildlife viewing, ATVing, snowmobiling and more. The Wall Map options have been customized to display nicely and fit into common picture frame sizes so you can hang on the cabin, home or workshop wall.Ê The printed version is printed on 61 x 94 cm (24 x 37 inch) paper and comes folded on a durable waterproof synthetic material standard paper with the option to have the map come unfolded, as a Wall Map in two different sizes. Covering 1,090 km2 (420 mi2) in total, this 1:50,000 scale map measures 29 x 38 km (18 x 24 mi) and covers Nootka Island, Crawfish Lake, Skuna Bay, Calvin Creek, Bajo Creek, Nootka Trail and more!Ê This map also covers the following Wildlife Management Units: WMU 1-12 Vancouver Island.
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