Crisis, which brought Britain and Spain to the brink of war. Meares' father was Charles Meares, "formerly an attorney of great eminence, and for several...

Meares State Scenic Viewpoint with three miles of hiking trails, which includes Cape Meares Light and the Octopus Tree. The cape is named after John Meares...

[citation needed] The cape was named on July 6, 1788, by British fur trader John Meares, who was sailing south from Nootka Island, Canada, in search of trade...

which in turn was named after John Meares, a British explorer. The Bayocean post office was briefly renamed "Cape Meares" in 1953 but closed the next year...

At the same time, John Meares gained possession of Barkley's nautical gear and his journal. Frances Barkley later wrote that Meares, "with the greatest...

John Meare (c. 1649 – 10 May 1710) was an English clergyman and academic administrator at the University of Oxford. Meare was the son of John Meare of...

fur-trading post founded by Captain Robert Gray. Meares Island is reachable by boat or water taxi. Meares Island became historically significant shortly...

Paul Paino, Thomas Reid, David Schoch, Dick Iverson, Bob Weiner, and John Meares. Other prominent ministers on the board of governors included Kenneth...

Captain John Meares in 1788: "He was near six feet five inches in stature, and the muscular form of his limbs was of an Herculean appearance". Meares also...

l'Amérique. Des Ventes de la Doué. p. 499–500. Samboangan. John Meares (1791). Des Kapitians John Meares und des Kapitains William Douglas Reisen nach der Nordwest-Küste...

post and colony on land previously acquired by his business associate John Meares. At the end of the summer Martínez abandoned Nootka and took the captured...

summer Meares and the three ships left. During the winter of 1788–89 Meares was in Guangzhou (Canton), China, where he and others including John Henry...

Meares published an account of his Voyages in 1790, which gained widespread attention, especially in light of the developing Nootka Crisis. Meares not...

feature in what is now Washington state. On July 4, 1788, British explorer John Meares gave the mountain its present name. In 1890 an expedition, led by US...

The ship Iphigenia Nubiana, under Captain William Douglas and owned by John Meares, was impounded and the Spanish navy seized two other British ships, including...

The Meares Glacier is a large and only tidewater glacier at the head of Unakwik Inlet in Chugach National Forest, Alaska. The front is a wall of white...

of the cape. The cape was named on July 6, 1788 by British fur trader John Meares, who was sailing south from Nootka Island, Canada in search of trade...

Northwest, including scientific and surveying expeditions. In 1788, John Meares explored Nootka Sound and the neighboring coasts and claimed to have...

All three vessels were part of a fur trading venture under Meares. After a few days Meares left, and shortly after, on September 22, Kendrick's Columbia...

Mears or Meares may refer to: Ainslie Meares (1910–1986), Australian psychiatrist and authority on medical hypnotism Anna Meares (born 1983), Australian...

acquisition. — John Meares, Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America: 2  The next year, Meares had another...

Ludwin; Robert Dennis; Deborah Carver; Alan D. McMillan; Robert Losey; John Clague; Chris Jonientz-Trisler; Janine Bowechop; Jacilee Wray; Karen James...

after him. The first generally accepted mention of the pillar was by John Meares in 1788. Cape Flattery Washington was the hometown of the fictional characters...

Whampoa (Canton) to the northwest coast of America, the British captain John Meares on 4 and 5 April 1788 sighted three islands, which were believed to be...

many bays and inland waters. In 1788, Gray encountered Captain John Meares of England. Meares subsequently published reports and maps of the Pacific Northwest...

number of seabirds for nesting. On April 9, 1788, British merchant sailor John Meares sighted what he came to describe as “the most marvellous thing” he had...

Survey Geographic Names Information System: Strait of Juan de Fuca says John Meares named the strait in 1788, most sources say it was Barkley in 1787, for...

known as Canada today can be dated back to 1788. The British fur trader John Meares hired a group of roughly 70 Chinese carpenters from Macau and employed...

western coast. Cook claimed it for Great Britain. Maritime fur trader, John Meares arrived in 1786 and set up a single-building trading post near the native...

later Meares was visited by the chiefs Maquinna and Callicum. According to Meares, on 25 May 1788 Maquinna sold or granted a tract of land to Meares as a...