Russians, spaniards, englishmen and north americans in the northern Pacific Ocean (1533-1880)geography and Environment at the service of the Economy
ISSN: 1886-3329
Año de publicación: 2019
Volumen: 20
Número: 2
Páginas: 171-191
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: M+A, revista electrónica de medioambiente
Resumen
The Pacific Ocean began to be known by the Europeans when Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered it in 1513. Under the Papal Bulls and the Treaty of Tordesillas, it was understood that this huge sea was Spanish property, at least as far as the North American coasts. Spaniards controlled the coastlines as far as Baja California and already in century XVIII, when they find out that Russians are settled in the northern zone, they initiate timid claims and realize a few explorations up to Alaska. But there was not colonization in that part of America.