Contents -- Tables -- Maps and Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 The Unknown Ocean -- 2 Europe Discovers the Pacific (1500-1750) -- 3 Opening the North Pacific (1750-1800) -- 4 The Fur Trade Era (1800-40) -- 5 The Decisive Decade (1840-50) -- 6 New Rivals in the North Pacific (1850-70) -- 7 Across Continent and Ocean (1870-1914) -- 8 The Withdrawal of Europe (1914-36) -- 9 End of the European Era (1930-53) -- 10 An Era of Equilibrium (1953- ) -- Postscript -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- X.