LEADER 04998nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910973664803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613225474 010 $a9781283225472 010 $a1283225476 010 $a9780774854016 010 $a0774854014 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774854016 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521880 035 $a(OCoLC)244766147 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10145694 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000672181 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11384656 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000672181 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10633249 035 $a(PQKB)10093670 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404167 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326415 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412354 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10153074 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322547 035 $a(OCoLC)923444257 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/dzn46w 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404167 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412354 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3246484 035 $a(DE-B1597)729186 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774854016 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521880 100 $a19811102d1980 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDistant dominion $eBritain and the northwest coast of North America, 1579-1809 /$fBarry M. Gough 210 $aVancouver $cUniversity of British Columbia Press$d1980 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 225 1 $aUniversity of British Columbia Press Pacific maritime studies ;$v2 300 $aCompanion volume to: The Royal Navy and northwest coast of North America, 1810-1914 / Barry M. Gough, Vancouver [B.C.] : University of British Columbia Press, c1971. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780774801133 311 08$a0774801131 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPhotographic Credits -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $t1 Tyranny of Distance -- $t2 Pacific Probes -- $t3 Cook's Reconnaissance -- $t4 Spanning the Pacific -- $t5 The Fortune Seekers -- $t6 Beachhead of Empire -- $t7 Imperial Dreams and False Starts -- $t8 Conflicts of Ambition -- $t9 Dealing with the Dons -- $t10 The Surveyor-Diplomats -- $t11 The Overlanders -- $tEpilogue -- $tAbbreviations -- $th -- $tNote on Sources -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $a";The voyages of Cook and Vancouver heralded a vast influx of irrepressible white men. They brought with them their morals, ideologies, knowledge, technology, plants and animals. They also brought diseases, rum and guns.powers to build and powers to destroy."; Until the 1700's, the Northwest Coast of North America stood largely apart from the civilized world. Formidable mountain barriers and remoteness from Atlantic sea lanes kept the territory outside the orbit of emerging European empires. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, however, Britain, Spain, France, Russsia, and the United States vied for control of this promising new frontier. Three of history's greatest mariners -- Sir Francis Drake, Captain James Cook, and Captain George Vancouver -- spearheaded British expeditions of discovery and trade to the Northwest coast. Despite competition from her European and American rivals, Britains ability to use and control the sea enabled her to establish by the late 1700's a ";beachhead of empire"; in the area now known as British Columbia.Gough shows how, by outmanoevring her Spanish rivals in a ";skilful game of diplomatic chess,"; Britain concluded the Nootka Agreement. Thus she was able to exploit her trading partnership with the coast Indians and cement a lucrative sea-borne commerce with the Far East. The arrival overland of the Nor'westers and other fur-trading groups further strengthened Britain's financial and political interests in the area -- ending forever the isolation of Northwest America, and 'changing beyond measure the culture of its Indian peoples.' Distant Dominion is the first comprehensive survey to examine Britain's motives for expeditions to this most distant frontier of British maritime development. It is also the first to draw the history of the coast into the general realm of Pacific history, relating its development to events in Europe, the American eastern seaboard, Australia, the Falkland Islands, and China. This entertaining book offers fresh insight into an exciting chapter of North American history. 410 0$aUniversity of British Columbia Press Pacific maritime studies ;$v2. 606 $aHistory$zNorth America 607 $aNorthwest Coast of North America$xHistory 607 $aBritish Columbia$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval 615 0$aHistory 676 $a971.1/01 700 $aGough$b Barry M$01636758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973664803321 996 $aDistant dominion$94344682 997 $aUNINA