THE FINAL FRONTIER, 1769-1814.
Though the English were the first Europeans to establish colonies in the Far East and Pacific, their rivals were hot on their heels. After making an early exit from the Great Western War, Leinster concentrated on establishing colonies in the Philippines and the far northwest of North America.
Indonesia and the Philippines, 1772
The Pacific Northwest, 1772
The Great Western War itself had ramifications in the region as well, with Tyrone capturing the Danish colonies in the Philippines after the destruction of the Danish fleet. But the presence of both Irish nations in the Philippines proved short-lived. Leinster’s invasion of Connacht in 1778 proved a great distraction from its colonial efforts and the colonists struggled with tropical diseases. By 1790, the Irish colonies had all but disappeared.
Despite these colonial failures, the region’s potential for tropical plantations remained alluring to the Europeans. Even with all their problems at home, the Danish soon revived their efforts in the region, and the Etrurians arrived in the late 1780’s. Meanwhile, the French concentrated their efforts far out at sea in Polynesia, trying to build a viable trans-Pacific trade to their South American possessions.
The Southwest Pacific, 1790:
Leinster’s colonies in the Northwest suffered from neglect and died out during the 1780’s as well. By the time Lord Protector Niall Mac Tighernain returned his attentions to the region, those lands had been claimed by the upstart Republic of Peru. Undeterred, Leinster placed settlers on the island of Hokkaido, north of Japan, and made a play for New Zealand and renewed expansion in the Philippines. But the competition in the region was heating up, with Berry and France planting colonies in the northwest. Farther south, the United Provinces of California had barely survived a disastrous war with Castille and were still locked in a bitter struggle with Sweden.
The North Pacific, 1793.
Although England’s colonies in Australia and Taiwan were well established and largely self-supporting by the end of the 18th century, the New Zealand colonies struggled, and France and Leinster took advantage of this by establishing their own colonies in the area. Perhaps already seeing its days in Europe numbered before the conclusion of the devastating English war of 1805-1811, Leinster spent much of the early part of the century concentrating on expanding its operations in the South Pacific.
The South Pacific, 1811.
The northern Pacific was the site of a military struggle between Leinster and Peru in the early part of the 19th century. Although Leinster was able to recapture its old colonies in northwestern North America, it did so at the cost of losing control of Hokkaido. In California, the settlers in the lands that had been ceded to Castille remained unhappy with their colonial masters, and joined the revolutionary states of Louisiana and Paraguay, hoping that they would be able to protect them better than the UPCA had done.
The early 19th century also saw Danish expansion in Hokkaido and Leinster’s settlement of the frigid Kamchatka peninsula. And so it was that as the world entered the Long Peace of 1821-1835, the great powers of Europe had established near-global hegemony, dominating the Americas and Oceania and having a strong presence in Asia and Africa, as well. It was perhaps fitting that one of the most remote island chains in the Pacific, Hawaii, was claimed by Navarra, which had started the European colonial push more than two centuries before.
The North Pacific, 1814.
Though the English were the first Europeans to establish colonies in the Far East and Pacific, their rivals were hot on their heels. After making an early exit from the Great Western War, Leinster concentrated on establishing colonies in the Philippines and the far northwest of North America.
Indonesia and the Philippines, 1772
The Pacific Northwest, 1772
The Great Western War itself had ramifications in the region as well, with Tyrone capturing the Danish colonies in the Philippines after the destruction of the Danish fleet. But the presence of both Irish nations in the Philippines proved short-lived. Leinster’s invasion of Connacht in 1778 proved a great distraction from its colonial efforts and the colonists struggled with tropical diseases. By 1790, the Irish colonies had all but disappeared.
Despite these colonial failures, the region’s potential for tropical plantations remained alluring to the Europeans. Even with all their problems at home, the Danish soon revived their efforts in the region, and the Etrurians arrived in the late 1780’s. Meanwhile, the French concentrated their efforts far out at sea in Polynesia, trying to build a viable trans-Pacific trade to their South American possessions.
The Southwest Pacific, 1790:
Leinster’s colonies in the Northwest suffered from neglect and died out during the 1780’s as well. By the time Lord Protector Niall Mac Tighernain returned his attentions to the region, those lands had been claimed by the upstart Republic of Peru. Undeterred, Leinster placed settlers on the island of Hokkaido, north of Japan, and made a play for New Zealand and renewed expansion in the Philippines. But the competition in the region was heating up, with Berry and France planting colonies in the northwest. Farther south, the United Provinces of California had barely survived a disastrous war with Castille and were still locked in a bitter struggle with Sweden.
The North Pacific, 1793.
Although England’s colonies in Australia and Taiwan were well established and largely self-supporting by the end of the 18th century, the New Zealand colonies struggled, and France and Leinster took advantage of this by establishing their own colonies in the area. Perhaps already seeing its days in Europe numbered before the conclusion of the devastating English war of 1805-1811, Leinster spent much of the early part of the century concentrating on expanding its operations in the South Pacific.
The South Pacific, 1811.
The northern Pacific was the site of a military struggle between Leinster and Peru in the early part of the 19th century. Although Leinster was able to recapture its old colonies in northwestern North America, it did so at the cost of losing control of Hokkaido. In California, the settlers in the lands that had been ceded to Castille remained unhappy with their colonial masters, and joined the revolutionary states of Louisiana and Paraguay, hoping that they would be able to protect them better than the UPCA had done.
The early 19th century also saw Danish expansion in Hokkaido and Leinster’s settlement of the frigid Kamchatka peninsula. And so it was that as the world entered the Long Peace of 1821-1835, the great powers of Europe had established near-global hegemony, dominating the Americas and Oceania and having a strong presence in Asia and Africa, as well. It was perhaps fitting that one of the most remote island chains in the Pacific, Hawaii, was claimed by Navarra, which had started the European colonial push more than two centuries before.
The North Pacific, 1814.
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