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Informationen zum Autor Barry M. Gough is Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University! Canada. Zusammenfassung The essays in this volume are divided into two main thematic areas; the first focusing on British activities and foreign competition up until 1846, the second dealing with the politics and decolonisation of Latin American states and means by which Canada sought to extend its interests into the Pacific world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; James Cook and British Enterprise in the North Pacific: The Northwest coast in late 18th century British expansion; New empires of trade and territory in the time of Malaspina; Pacific exploration in the 1780s and 1790s; James Cook and the origins of the maritime fur trade; India-based expeditions of trade and discovery in the North Pacific in the late 18th century; William Bolts and the Austrian attempt to establish an eastern empire; The North West Company's 'adventure to China'; Peter Pond and Athabasca: fur trade! discovery! and empire; British-Russian rivalry and the search for the Northwest Passage in the early 19th century; The Royal Navy and the Oregon crisis! 1844-46; Forests and sea power: a Vancouver Island economy! 1778-1875; Possessing Meares Island. Pax Britannica: South America! Canada! And The Pacific: Sea power and South America: the 'Brazils' or South American station of the Royal Navy! 1808-37; Specie conveyance from the west coast of Mexico in British warships! c.1820-70: an aspect of the Pax Britannica; The records of the Royal Navy's Pacific station; Canada and the North Pacific! 1871-1914: problems of a lion's cub in an open den; The Royal Navy and Canadian dominion; Sea power and British North America: the maritime foundations of the Canadian state; Pax Britannica: peace! force and world power. Index.
