Experiment Bight

Experiment Bight (50˚47'00" 128˚24'00" NW end of Vancouver I, just E of Cape Scott), Experiment Point (51˚39'00" 127˚58'00" SE tip of Hecate I, opposite Calvert I, Fitz Hugh Sd). The tiny 127-tonne Experiment, under Capt John Guise, and the 317-tonne Captain Cook, under Capt Henry Laurie, arrived at Nootka Sd in June 1786 from India. The two vessels, financed by Bombay merchant David Scott and under the overall command of E India Co factor James Strange, were the second fur-trading...

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