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Apresentada a USS Discovery, da nova série de Star Trek | Sailing ships, Old sailing ships, Ship paintings
H.M.S. Discovery Arrives at Friendly Cove, August 28, 1792 - Mark Myers 1945 b. Watercolor on paper
In 1791 the English dispatched an expedition under Captain George Vancouver with the directive to survey 'the direction and extent of all such considerable inlets as may be likely to lead to a Northwest passage between Cape Mendocino and Cook Inlet; and especially the supposed straits of Juan de Fuca'. At the time the Spanish and English were at odds over control of the lands in the Pacific Northwest. This painting documents the first arrival of Vancouver and his ship Discovery at the…