Russian Shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1890Russia threw her shadow on the Northwest Coast before the Britishcame to what is now known as British Columbia. Spanish fears of aMuscovite advance on her possessions from Alaskan outpostswere well known in eighteenth century Europe. This book focuses on thedevelopment of British and Canadian perceptions of Russian navalstrength in the Pacific during the nineteenth century and weighs theconsequences psychological, political, and military of