By J. ARTHUR LOWER
Competition and war of words have been a part of this epic. From the 16th to the 19th century eu powers contested for the riches of the East and the West, the wealth of the sea, and territory to sate colonial objectives. considering the fact that that point full-blooded conflicts built among Asian states and among Asia and the Western powers. As an important buying and selling energy within the Pacifc with out culture of territorial enlargement, and as a revered peacekeeper, Canada is in a distinct place to view the background of the Pacific impartially. This survey is doubly necessary, not just because the first historical past of the North Pacific facing the concurrent occasions within the East and West, but additionally as a heritage reflecting Canada's overseas outlook.
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