STC181173 The Launch of the North West America at Nootka Sound, from \'Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America\', by Captain John Meares (1756-1809) engraved by Robert Pollard (1755-1838) published 1790 (engraving) by Metz, Conrad Martin (1745/49-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: the first vessel to be built by settlers in British Columbia; Meares established a trading post at Nootka Sound in 1788;); The Stapleton Collection; British, out of copyright.