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John Kendrick
American sea captain · Historical Figures · Lived 1740 to 1794 · aged 54
John Kendrick (1740-1794) was an American sea captain during the American Revolutionary War, and was involved in the exploration and maritime fur trading of the Pacific Northwest alongside his subordinate Robert Gray. He was the leader of the first US expedition to the Pacific Northwest.
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Columbia heeling as she approaches a squall. Drawing by George Davidson in 1793, who served as the ship's artist.
Friendly Cove in 1792. From volume I, plate VII from: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World by George Vancouver.
Esteban José Martínez.
Callicum and Maquinna from the Italian translation of John Meares' Voyages (Naples 1796).
Fort San Miguel, Friendly Cove, in 1793.
The arrest of James Colnett.
Modern replica of Lady Washington as a brig or brigantine, imitating Kendrick's refit at Macau.
Launch of Adventure with Columbia and Robert Gray's Fort Defiance in background. Painting by George Davidson, who served as an artist on Columbia.About this person
He is known for his role in the 1789 Nootka Crisis, having been present at Nootka Sound when the Spanish naval officer José Esteban Martínez seized several British ships belonging to a commercial enterprise owned by a partnership of companies under John Meares and Richard Cadman Etches. This incident nearly led to war between Britain and Spain and became the subject of lengthy investigations and diplomatic inquiries.
