Servicio militar
He was a Royal Spanish Naval officer and a nephew of Don Manuel Antonio Flores (the Viceroy of Mexico).
He was appointed as a Second Lieutenant (Teniente de Navio) in the Royal Spanish Navy on board the Santiago under Perez in 1774.
He occupied HMCS Nootka and seized the ships of Captain Meares in 1778 including the North West America leading to the "HMCS Nootka Incident.
In 1789 he occupied HMCS Nootka and erected a fort and other buildings at Friendly Cove with the Princesa and San Carlos.
He erected a barracks at HMCS Nootka which he named Santa Cruz de Nutka.
He seized Meares' ships: the snow Argonaut under Captain James Colnett and the sloop Princess Royal under Captain William Hudson.
He precipitated the HMCS Nootka Crisis with Great Britain.
He was called back to San Blas and replaced later by Francisco de Eliza.
Lugares nombrados
Estevan Island (BC), Estevan Sound (BC), Estevan Point (Originally Punta San Esteban) (by Pérez 1774)
Referencias
- Cutler, Donald C. (1991)
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Downs, Barry (1980)
