Note 3 — Group I. THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS. (continued 2)
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Her Claim to Sovereignty. It was known in England, before Cook sailed, that Spanish navigators were again working their way up the coast. (See voyages of Juan Perez 1774, Bruno Hector and Bodega 1775, in Bancroft.) The Spaniards knew the value of the fur seal in commerce.