Spanish Alaska

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colonial territory former Spanish possession historical region

Spanish Alaska was the far northwestern region of the Americas explored and intermittently occupied by Spain in the late 18th century as part of its Pacific coastal empire.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial territory ⓘ former Spanish possession ⓘ historical region ⓘ
claimedBy	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictContext	imperial rivalry with Britain ⓘ imperial rivalry with Russia ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
endCause	decline of Spanish power in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ expansion of Russian America ⓘ rise of British and American presence in the region ⓘ
explorationMotivation	control of Pacific trade routes ⓘ imperial expansion ⓘ territorial claims ⓘ
exploredBy	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance	northernmost extent of Spanish claims in the Americas ⓘ
historicalStatus	defunct territory ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Northwest ⓘ northwestern region of the Americas ⓘ
locatedOn	Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
occupationType	intermittent occupation ⓘ
occupiedBy	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Pacific coastal empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Spanish America NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ Spanish exploration of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
sovereignStateDuringPeriod	Monarchy of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalExtent	late 18th century ⓘ

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Crown of Spain → hasPart → Spanish Alaska ⓘ