Spanish policy towards the Russian occupation of the North American continent in the eighteenth century
Journal: Signos Históricos
Year: 2024

The Russian discoveries in the Bering Strait, from the Kamchatka Peninsula, concerned the Spanish government, which from the beginning of the 18th century sou-ght to establish a fruitful commercial, and also political, relationship with the Moscow government. It has been considered that the Russian Empire in the second half of the eighteenth century, represented a military threat to the Spanish possessions in North America. Confidential reports from the Spanish government qualify this military t