This updated expansion of Professor Gough’s 1971 publication provides a detailed, scholarly exposition of the influence of sea power on the history of British Columbia, and subsequently on the formation of the Dominion of Canada.

Warship annual, 2018 - reviewed by Ian Sturton

This book is a geopolitical study of sea power in the pursuit of power and profit. All-in-all this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the naval and maritime history of the Northwest Coast and wider Pacific during the century from the outbreak of the war of 1812 until the outbreak of the First World War.

This outstanding work is highly recommended.

Marine News

This type of naval history sheds important light on the nature of the British Empire in the nineteenth century.

The International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 29(4) - reviewed by Howard J. Fuller University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK

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Julian Stockwin action-adventure historical fiction

A great deal of research has gone in to this book and it provides a fascinating read for students, both of naval and American history.

Scuttlebutt Edition 54

An excellent, absorbing and well-illustrated study that demonstrates once more that the 19th Century was an active period for the Royal Navy in a wide variety of roles, many of which have a highly-modern resonance.

Royal Navy News