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[Chapter I.]Introduction[283]
[II.]The English plans for occupying Nootka Sound[286]
[III.]The Spanish plans for occupying Nootka Sound—The conflicting claims before 1789[300]
[IV.]Martinez’s operations at Nootka before Colnett’s arrival[312]
[V.]The quarrel and the seizure[331]
[VI.]The English prisoners in Mexico[344]
[VII.]Attempts at peaceable settlement[362]
[VIII.]Europe prepares for war[380]
[IX.]England’s first demand granted[395]
[X.]America’s relations to the controversy[412]
[XI.]The national assembly and the family compact—Effect on the negotiation[424]
[XII.]English ultimatum—Spanish defiance[439]
[XIII.]The Nootka Sound convention—Its reception and results[450]
[XIV.]Subsequent negotiations and final settlement of the Nootka Sound dispute[463]
[Bibliography][472]