The mastery of the Pacific
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Colquhoun, Archibald R. (Archibald Ross), 1848-1914
issued: 2019-07-04
issued: 1902
description: "Some information on trade activity in British Columbia at the turn of the century. Also: New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1902. xvi, 440 p. illus., 3 col. double maps. 24 cm. Has subtitle: with special maps, frontispiece, and more than one hundred illustrations... Reprinted 1904. 23 cm."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 78.
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extent: xvi, 415 pages, 39 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (some colour folded) ; 25 cm
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note: THE MASTERY OF THE PACIFIC J THE MASTERY OF THE PACIFIC ARCHIBALD R. COLQUHOUN GOLD MEDALLIST ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ; SILVER MEDALLIST SOCIETY OF ARTS ; FORMERLY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, BURMA ADMINISTRATOR OF MASHONALAND, SOUTH AFRICA AND SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TUfES IN THE FAR EAST AUTHOR OF " CHINA IN TRANSFORMATION " ; " THE 'OVERLAND' TO CHINA," ETC. WITH SPECIAL MAPS, AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES AND PHOTOGRAPHS LONDON WILLIAM H EI N EM ANN 1902 PREFACE The writer of this book has long been a traveller in foreign lands and a student of foreign affairs, but more especially of the questions which find their focus in the Far East. Among the changes and shiftings of human activity which have taken place in the world's history, none have been more striking than those which are rapidly transforming the great ocean zone of the Pacific. Remoteness and isolation are becoming less and less possible over the face of the globe, as distance is annihilated by modern science, but the vast Pacific, until quite recent times, deserved the name bestowed on it by its earliest discoverer, and was free from the entanglement of modern politics. On its borders, however, great changes were taking place, young Powers were arising, and at the appointed time the barriers were cast down and the Pacific became an arena for the ambitions of the nations and a highway for international commerce. That the future of more than one Great Power will be decided in this arena, where will occur the great struggle of the twentieth century, was the conviction borne in on the writer by many events that cast their shadow before. He therefore determined to study for himself such portions of the ocean territories as had hitherto been unvisited by him, and to renew his acquaintance with others. With the American-Pacific r viii PREFACE slope he was already acquainted, and a residence of considerable duration in the United States had also given him a certain insig…
note: Includes index Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7269935
has type: Books
identifier: DU22 .C72 1902b
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0379771
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : William Heinemann
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. DU22 .C72 1902b
subject: Colonization
subject: Eastern question (Far East)
subject: Pacific Ocean
subject: United States--Colonial question
subject: Great Britain--Colonies
subject: Netherlands--Colonies
type: Text