No earlier than 1800. What country has the best chance to annex Hawaii before the USA does?
- Britain
- Spain
- Russia
- France
- Britain
- Spain
- Russia
- France
Spain could have in the 17th or 18th century and honestly it's always struck me as a bit odd they didn't plop down a small colony considering it's halfway between South America and the Philippines
Britain almost certainly would have grabbed it immediately if they thought Russia or France was eyeing it too hard. It was a bit of a tossup whether it went to the US or Britain for a while.
Spain could have in the 17th or 18th century and honestly it's always struck me as a bit odd they didn't plop down a small colony considering it's halfway between South America and the Philippines
And on the way back they sailed to the north of them ...Trade Winds. Sailing ships need to follow the prevailing winds to travel in the south Pacific, and if you're going west (Which is really the only way they want to go, shipping silver from S.A to China to buy their goods) you're well south of the Hawaiian Islands.
No love for Japan ?
By the time Japan became industrialised in the 1870s, Hawaii was completely in the Anglo-US sphere. Even then, I doubt that Japan was in any shape to face Britain or the US prior to the 1930s to wrest Hawaii.No love for Japan ?
And on the way back they sailed to the north of them ...
If you don't know what the Hawaiian flag looks like, then scroll up to my first post on this thread (I know that you know what it looks like, Colonel Zoidberg).Britain or France. The Hawaiian flag is an amalgamation of those two flags and the American one. Probably Britain.