The elusive West and the contest for empire, 1713-1763, Paul W. Mapp
Type
Label
The elusive West and the contest for empire, 1713-1763, Paul W. Mapp
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.governmentPublication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The elusive West and the contest for empire, 1713-1763
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
646630204
Responsibility statement
Paul W. Mapp
Table Of Contents
The Spanish empire and the elusive West. Peoples and terrain, difficulties and disappointments -- Exploiting indigenous geographic understanding -- South sea interlude. The alluring Pacific ocean -- The Pacific ocean and the war of the Spanish succession -- France and the elusive West after the treaty of Utrecht. Visions of Western Louisiana -- Imperial comparisons -- Communication and interpretation -- Restricted pathways -- British Pacific adventures and the early years of the seven years' war. British designs on the Spanish empire, 1713-1748 -- French reactions to the British search for a northwest passage from Hudson Bay and the origins of the seven years' war -- Spanish reactions to British Pacific encroachments, 1750-1757 -- French borderlands encroachments and Spanish neutrality -- The elusive West and the outcome of the seven years' war -- French geographic conceptions and the 1762 Western Louisiana cession -- Spain's acceptance of Trans-Mississippi Louisiana -- Old visions and new opportunities: Britain and the Spanish empire at the end of the seven years' war
Creator
Subject
- North America -- Colonization
- North America -- Discovery and exploration -- British
- Imperialism + History -- 18th century
- North America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
- North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 + Causes
- North America -- Discovery and exploration -- French
- West (U.S.) -- Colonization
Content
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject8
- North America -- Colonization
- North America -- Discovery and exploration -- British
- Imperialism + History -- 18th century
- North America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
- North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 + Causes
- North America -- Discovery and exploration -- French
- West (U.S.) -- Colonization
- Content1
- Editor1
- Mapped to1