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The Soulthwestern H1istorical Quarterly
(b.) Approaches of the English and Russians.
While the literature on this topic is abundant, it is not neces-
sary in a history of California to cite more than a few general
works. The works of Greenhow ancd SchalCr would ordil ril.y be
inserted here, but, except for itemi 5 in this group, it seemed bet-
ter, for the purposes of this article, to place them in section 1. D.
b., where they have been cited at numbers 4 and 11.
1. Coxe, William. Account of the Russian discoveries, iertee
Asia and America. London. 1780. Later editions ap-
peared in the same year 1780, in 1787, and in 1803. The
last is the best because it not only corrects the earlier edi-
tions but also enlarges upon them.
2. Willson, Beckles, i. e. Henry Beckles. The great company:
being a history of the honourable company of merchants-
adventurers trading into Tudson's Bay. Toronto. 1899.
3. Bryvce, George. The relmarlable history of the Hudson's Ba.y
Company. London. 1900.
4. Manning, William Ray. The -Noolka, S'ound controversy
(American historical association, Annual report
for the year !01, 279-478). Washington. 1905.
Doctor Manning's volume, a winner of the Justin Winsor prize
of the American Historical Association, is deserving of special
comment. It is a work of first--rate scholarship, and, furthermore,
deals with one of the most vital moments in the history of the
entire Pacific coast, California inclu ded. The Nootka affair, while
primarily concerned with a dispute between Spain and England
in the closing years of the eighteenth century, had an important
bearing also on the territorial pretensions and eventual houndclaries
of Russia in America and the United States.
5. Schaler, Joseph. A history of the Pacific nortl,west. -New
York. 1905. Reprinted in 1906. Revised and enlarged
edition in 1918. The last-named edition is the best.
For the general public this is the most useful single-volume his-
tory in this group. It embraces a larger field than the others, is
the work of an able scholar, and is written in a, simple and read-
able style. The author acknowledges indclebtedness to Bancroft,
but states that he made independent use of the sofirces, including
many that were new. He does not include a, bibliography or cita-
tions to authorities, however, since the volume was intended to be
a popular general sulrve only.328
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