Martinez, Estévan José

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 Ru ians; the following year again sent north from Mexico in command of the Prince a . Seized the Iphigenia at Nootka, but afterwards released it; fortified Hog Island near Friendly Cove, and took formal po e ion of Nootka; also seized several other ve els at Nootka, and imprisoned Captain Colnett. After carrying out some local explorations returned to Mexico. Index : D A erts 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 Prince Royal and Argonaut , 29. Bib. : Bancroft, History of the North-West Coast .