Author: Baratt, Glynn R.V.
Title: Russian shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1890 : a study of rejection of defence responsibilities.
Description: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, c1983. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xvii,196 pp. [12] p. plates. (University of British Columbia Press Pacific maritime studies series, 3). Condition : very good.. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - 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. ISBN 9780774801652.

Keywords: HISTORY, maritime history