Author: BARRATT, GLYNN
Title: Russian Shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810
Description: Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0774801654. Illustrated by B&W Plates. Some scuffing of glossy dust jacket, edge wear to top edge. Previous owner's attractive bookplate of front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Pacific Maritime Studies Series; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 196 pages; Russia threw her shadow on the Northwest Coast before the British came to what is now known as British Columbia. Spanish fears of a ?Muscovite? advance on her possessions from Alaskan outposts were well known in eighteenth-century Europe. This book focuses on the development of British and Canadian perceptions of Russian naval strength in the Pacific during the nineteenth century and weighs the consequences -- psychological, political, and military -- of the reluctance of both countries to assume coastal defence responsibilities.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0774801654 British Columbia RUSSIA MARITIME Spanish MARITIME
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Title: Russian Shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810
Description: Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0774801654. Illustrated by B&W Plates. Some scuffing of glossy dust jacket, edge wear to top edge. Previous owner's attractive bookplate of front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Pacific Maritime Studies Series; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 196 pages; Russia threw her shadow on the Northwest Coast before the British came to what is now known as British Columbia. Spanish fears of a ?Muscovite? advance on her possessions from Alaskan outposts were well known in eighteenth-century Europe. This book focuses on the development of British and Canadian perceptions of Russian naval strength in the Pacific during the nineteenth century and weighs the consequences -- psychological, political, and military -- of the reluctance of both countries to assume coastal defence responsibilities.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0774801654 British Columbia RUSSIA MARITIME Spanish MARITIME
Price: US$ 16.00 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 15247
- Book number: 15247
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