Elusive Eden: A New History of California, fourth edition CHAPTER NINE: FOREIGN PENETRATION OF CALFORNIA

SPANISH CALFORNIASpain prohibited foreign contact--Contact with British, American whalers, fur traders, merchants illegal--Missions, pueblos depended on traffic, esp. after 1800--Traders reported wealth of region, Spanish weakness. The Russians in California1806 Russian-American Fur Company of

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