Martinez Estevan Jose
Accompanied Perez to North-West Coast in 1773
as pilot. In 1788 sent again to the North-West Coast as joint commander
with De Haro of an expedition to watch the operations of the Russians;
the following year again sent north from Mexico in command of the
Princessa. Seized the Iphigenia at Nootka, but afterwards released
it; fortified Hog Island near Friendly Cove, and took formal possession
of Nootka; also seized several other vessels at Nootka, and imprisoned
Captain Colnett. After carrying out some local explorations returned to
Mexico. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Asserts Spanish sovereignty over Pacific, 28; at
Nootka, 28; seizes Iphigenia and North-West America, and claims
Nootka by right of conquest, 28; claims disproved by Douglas, 28;
Iphigenia released, but North-West America retained, 29; seizes
Princess Royal and Argonaut, 29. =Bib.=: Bancroft, History of the
North-West Coast.