The elusive West and the contest for empire, 1713-1763 /
Mapp, Paul W.
Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Williamsburg, Va. : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Imperialism