John Meares
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Meares (c. 1756 1809) , a native of Dublin was a 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. In 1771, Meares joined the Royal Navy as a captain''s servant and was commissioned a lieutenant in 1778. In 1783 he joined the merchant service and in 1785, based in India, formed the Northwest America Company for collecting sea otter furs by trade with the Indigenous…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Meares (c. 1756 1809) , a native of Dublin was a 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. In 1771, Meares joined the Royal Navy as a captain''s servant and was commissioned a lieutenant in 1778. In 1783 he joined the merchant service and in 1785, based in India, formed the Northwest America Company for collecting sea otter furs by trade with the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast and selling them in China. The East India Company held a monopoly on British trade in the Pacific and required all British traders to be licensed with the company and pay duties. Meares did not license his ships with the East India Company and instead tried to conceal the illegal activity by using the flag of Portugal. Meares registered his ships in Macau, a Portuguese colony in China.