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'JaC.T caMO.'UOOlIBhlll: IIpoeKT o-ruoweaie cenepno-aan~uan croi:omo6RBhrl!:~T OTHomeuie ceoopao-3anammn C3.MOJuo6HBi.Itt upoeKT o.:ruorueHie ecaepuo-saua'IacT ca~10.:no(>uahllt npoeKT OTHO;µ:ie,Hie ceaepao-sa~aa11 ca.,m.'lro6uBhrl!: upoeK'I~ THomeHie ceaepao-3ana %CT ca, 10Jiro6uabrl!:npoeKT • l OT1mmeu1e ceaepao-aanaAHaJI ro.r110611Bbill: npOOKT r.mmcaia ceaepao-mi.na •mer a.,10J1I06I1B1,Iil IIP.OErn:T otuomeHie ceaepno-sarra;i;uall Ca)10JI106uBr.Iii IIPOCR'l' Ol'l!OUICHic ceaepH0-83.IIll. qacT oruorneuie cenepuo-aanll.;i\Hall 11.-:.ro.,no61taLtli npoekT THOmeaie ceBepRo-aaua qacT 0331omo6nnwinpoeKT OTHOme.eie CeBepuo-aanaAHl\ll CJl)t0.;no61IBhltt npOCKT rnomrnie ceaepao-allna qacT caMoJII05Har,rl\ np!)CKT OTuomeHio cernepao-:mn3.AHall <la~,QJII06ail@ft npoeKT onrc :neuie cimepHo•aana "IOOT :1\!0lliOO!IBhlli .rtpOCKT OTIIOntcuie cepcpH0-33.IIttAHaf{ C:t~IOW061IB1,rn: llpOCKT OTnomenie ceaepuo-mma tracT C.tMomo6nab!.ll: II,PoeKT 'i'llo"Jlenie ceaepuo~anaAHM C8.lliOJIIOt'iHBbrli npOCKT oTuoruenie cenepno-3arra qac,;T t\l1QJJ10oua1,rll: npoeRT THomeme cimepno•sanaAHaa On the Ambitious Projects Of Russia INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE P. HAMMOND OTHOIDC'Hie CCBC' pno-aan:lAHaR 'laCTb aMPpica OTRomeaie ceni M: C. t:: >I:: ::c., .:;: \0 Q r: 0 183 0 :,, <,! 0 C: <:.> C. On the A mbitious 'Projects c:., ..~ ..."' '- Of 1t1usia jn 1l,.egard % c:! ti: o! :,: H: c:! t:: Worth CWest A mericay mith c:! ';' 0 :,: C. .,c:., 1:Particular 1teference % c:., ..,0 1 :,: 1 sQ.l 0 Wem ~ lbion 8' Wem California Ill E-< 0 ·-'-' '-' ~ 13y A n f:.nglishnurn 0 E-< :,: C. 0 C. t:: ,i::: .,::c IOe ~ 0 :,, o! '-' Ca~IOJII06H n blfi n p OCKT p occi II Ca ~IOJII06HB blfi rrp oe1c T p occ i II.TI THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA 1955 1830 An Appeal to The Government The Legislature I And the People Of Great Britain I I 19 5 5 jntrod11ct ion poccin 6qs \ ·. \'- \ -- t 1n..---- This little volume, On the Ambitious Projects of ' 1;-• \ ....._ ·""7.,, I Russia in Regard to North West America, with particular reference to New Albion and New California, was written ~\-··- .;. t-:~ \ I I i by "an Englishman" and published by Frederic Shoberl of \ . -~ - _;.1 London in 1830. His purpose was to rouse the English nation ·- . I - . ~ 1 '\ . I • to a realization of the importance of the Northwest coast of ... I .} I America, which had been for so long beyond the realm of ; I I ~ .,.,I'I -----+----- . human knowledge, but which, it was then clear, was in danger of Russian conquest and settlement. In this message to the English people, "Our Englishman" described the land from such sources as were available - he himself had never been there - especially from two volumes of travel in the Pacific that had been published in London in an English edition that very year. These were the work of Otto von Kotzebue, the Russian navigator and scientist, and these he used to fullest advantage, quoting freely from them throughout and otherwise using their evidence for his own purpose. Kotzebue's work bore the title, A New Voyage round ;aI·, -.i-. I I %...,= "'s _..L. L -: 6 the Jfmbitimu <JJrojects of 1tllssia ':Jntrodllction by George 1lammond 7 Ca)!OJIIO 6 n a bllt II pOeKT pocc i II Cl1MOJII06BB bl.ti npoeKT pocciBJI OTHOmeuie ce BCpH0-3anagH I\Jl 'la CT b aMepica OTHO me II ic CCB i the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26 and was pub­ - possession. Spain relied on this principle to the end of her lished by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. It had been empire. England, a late starter in the race for colonies, re­ issued in a German edition, at Weimar, likewise in 1830, fused to be bound by this ancient political theory and held that under the title Neue Reise um die Welt, in denJahren 1823, effective occupation gave possession. Our Englishman voiced 24, 25 und 26. this contention in his plea that England seize Northwest From Kotzebue 's volumes, and from other sources ofPacific America before Russia could get too firm a foothold. exploration, the writer had good proof of Russia's extension The Pacific Ocean, it will be recalled, had been !mown to of fur- trading activities into the North Pacific and of the the Spaniards since Balboa's crossing of the Isthmus of Pan­ establishment ofposts on the western coast of North Arnerica, ama in 1513. But it was not till nearly three centuries later as far as Fort Ross, just above San Francisco Bay. He feared that the nati01is of the world came to grips in full -scale this e.'(,pansion was but a prelude to Russian seizure of the en­ competition for the lands bordering on its waters. Till then, tire Pacific Coast. To warn his countryrnen against this dan­ Spain had enjoyed the rights of a first-comer to this great ger and to rouse thern to a realization of how valuable these ocean. Her colonies extended from Chile up the coast of Sou th lands would be to England, he wrote the book here reissued. and Central America to Mexico, without interruption - and The clirnate of world opinion in the early 18th century was without any serious challenge. Since there was no opposition irnperialistic to the core. There was no hesitancy in taking on to her authority in these lands she had almost no fortifications, the "white rnan 's burden, "i.e.,of seizing by conquest or other­ and these but lightly defended. Lower California, indeed, had wise, the undeveloped or backward parts of the globe. Russia, a fort or two near the tip of the peninsula, and Upper Cali­ England - all the European nations accepted this point of fornia none at all; i.e., not till 1769, when Spain established view. In this book, the author merely expressed the general a few weak outposts in that remote corner of her empire. political situation. If England, as he hoped, by alertness and The first of these posts were the mission and presidia of action, could forestall Russia and seize the Northwest Coast San Diego, and others were soon established as far north, I ofAmerica, England would profit, and the result would be ac­ ultimately, as Monterey, San Francisco, San Rafael, and cepted. The great game ofpolitics was understood everywhere. Solano. The presidios were manned by only a handful of In a sense, there had been no change in this reasoning since soldiers, poorly equipped and badly paid. The missions were Spain planted her banners in America under Colurnbus, Cor­ cared for by one or two devoted friars at each site who sought tes, and Pizarro. The right of discovery c01~ferred ownership to convert and civilize the lowly gentiles. Both friars and B the Ambitious ~rojects of 1tussia jntrod11ction bJJ George ~ammond 9 caMOJ1106nahl:li npoeKT poccirr ca~IOJII06HBhI:li npoeRT pocciHJI OTHomeHie ccnepno-aana~HaR 'l!l.CTb aMcpica oTnomeHie a nai soldiers realized, from the scanty support they received, and of Captain James Cook, who made three voyages to explore the lack of contact with the outside world, that they were at its mysteries. In 1768, he started a three-year scientific expe­ the very limit of Spain's imperial bounds. They served their dition that took him into the South Pacific; in 1772 he sought God and King with zeal, however, irrespective of their lonely a great southern continent and exploded that myth; in 1776, vigil, until the intrusion offoreigners foretold the end oftheir he sailed again, seeking to verify the age-old belief in a water life among California's neophytes. passage around or through North America, called by the Not mauy foreigners visited California's shores in the mis­ Spaniards the Strait ofAnian and by the English the North­ sion period. Most of those who did were merchants who came west Passage. The purpose of his voyage was thus clothed in to seek new markets, or scientists who sought to extend the scientific garb, but he carried secret instructions to take pos­ frontiers ofman's knowledge ofhis universe. These frequented session for England of lands not hitherto occupied by other the Pacific Coast from the 1780's onward, but they had been powers. foreshadowed by the 16th century English sea-dog, or pirate, Cook's voyage into the North Pacific had terrijfic results. Francis Drake, the later Sir Francis Drake. As one of Queen He discovered and made known to the world the wealth in Elizabeth's most noted seamen, he sailed on a great adventure furs of the Northwest Coast - furs that sold in China for a in 1577, reached home in 1580 after a voyage that took him small fortune, but had cost only a few baubles in America - around South America, up the coast to Drake's Bay above and he had discovered the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands San Francisco, where he careened his ship and took possession which the sailors found a pleasant diversion for the winter, of the land as New Albion. Skirting the Northwest Coast, he after the long voyage to the north. It was in these Islands that sailed for the tropics and the Cape of Good Hope - his vessel's Captain Cook was killed in 1779. hold full of Spanish treasure. At the very moment of Cook's voyage, the Spanish govern­ Drake had followers, in the coming centuries, who disa­ ment had received disturbing reports through diplomatic bused Spain of the notion that the Pacific was a Spanish lake channels ofRussian aggression in the North Pacific and had that could be held without a contest.
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