A lot of three engravings depicting accounts of native habitations around Nootka Sound, British Columbia. Engravings on paper, each with the plate size of approx. 10" x 16". Not framed.
Deaccessioned from a Midwest institution. The first residents of Nootka Sound were the Mowachaht and Muchalaht peoples, who had a rich existence and culture based on whaling and river fishing. In 1774, Juan Josef Perez Hernandez traded with aboriginals near Estevan Point, south of Yuquot on the southeastern tip of Nootka Island. He was aboard the Santiago and apparently did not come ashore. Again in 1775, a Spanish expedition under Bruno de Hezeta, in the "Santiago," and the "Sonora," under Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, cruised by the North Pacific coast. Spain claimed the discovery. The first Europeans to have sustained contact with B. C.'s coastal native people were Captain James Cook and crew on the H.M.S. Resolution and H.M.S. Discovery. They anchored in Resolution Cove, Nootka Sound on March 31, 1778.
50/100 Sold $51.75
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