Alaska + Its History, Climate and Natural ResourcesRand, McNally and Company, 1898 - 256 páginas |
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... miles , or less . These figures are based on com- putations made at or about the time of the trans- fer of the country to the United States , when Fort Yukon , occupied by the Hudson Bay Com- pany , was believed to be within the western ...
... miles , or less . These figures are based on com- putations made at or about the time of the trans- fer of the country to the United States , when Fort Yukon , occupied by the Hudson Bay Com- pany , was believed to be within the western ...
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... miles west of the boundary , and the following year it was moved up the river just far enough to place it within British territory . Thus the strip of ter- ritory lying between the 141st and 147th merid- ians , and extending over ten ...
... miles west of the boundary , and the following year it was moved up the river just far enough to place it within British territory . Thus the strip of ter- ritory lying between the 141st and 147th merid- ians , and extending over ten ...
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... miles , where he arrived on the 27th of June , 1791. At this time the Shelikoff Company had succeeded in estab- lishing permanent settlements on Cook Inlet and at Nuchek , while rival companies had located themselves on several of the ...
... miles , where he arrived on the 27th of June , 1791. At this time the Shelikoff Company had succeeded in estab- lishing permanent settlements on Cook Inlet and at Nuchek , while rival companies had located themselves on several of the ...
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... miles of the shore , except in cases of extreme distress . Against this claim of sover- eignty over a part of the high seas both the United States and Great Britain entered a vigor- ous protest , and in 1824 a convention was signed ...
... miles of the shore , except in cases of extreme distress . Against this claim of sover- eignty over a part of the high seas both the United States and Great Britain entered a vigor- ous protest , and in 1824 a convention was signed ...
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... miles from its mouth and trading stations tributary to that at St. Michael's established at two or three points , the principal of which was at Nulato . In 1851 the fort at Nulato was sur- prised by a hostile tribe and most of the ...
... miles from its mouth and trading stations tributary to that at St. Michael's established at two or three points , the principal of which was at Nulato . In 1851 the fort at Nulato was sur- prised by a hostile tribe and most of the ...
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Alaska - Its History, Climate and Natural Resources. A. P. Swineford Sin vista previa disponible - 2010 |
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Afognak Alaska Alaska Commercial Company Aleutian Islands Aleuts Arctic Baranoff barrabaras Bering Bering Sea Bering Strait boats canoes Cape Captain certificate civil claimed climate coal coast Company Cook Inlet Creole distance east entrance Eskimo ex officio surveyor-general feet field notes fish gold Greco-Russian church ground habits harbor houses hundred Indians interior ivory Juneau Kadiak Karluk killed Kotzebue Sound Land Office large number less live located longitude lying Lynn Canal mainland ment miles mountains mouth narrow native village nearly Nuchek Nushegak occupied party Paul person plat Point Barrow population possession Prince William Sound principal reindeer river Russian Russian-American Company sailed salmon sea otter seal Shelikoff ship shore side Sitka skins steamer Strait summer survey territory thereof tion tives town trade transfer treaty trustee Unalaska United vessels walrus whale wholly winter Wrangell Yakutat Yakutat Bay Yukon
Pasajes populares
Página 15 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Página 14 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of West longitude (Meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the North along the Channel called Portland Channel, as far as the Point of the Continent where it strikes the 56th degree of North latitude...
Página 241 - ... in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests...
Página 14 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Página 250 - ... 29. After such notice shall have been duly given, the trustee will proceed on the designated day, except in contest cases, which shall be disposed of in the manner hereinafter provided, to set apart to the persons entitled to receive the same, the lots, blocks and grounds to which each person, company or association of persons shall be entitled, according to their respective interests, including in the portion or portions set apart to each person, corporation or association of persons the improvements...
Página 238 - That no portion of the tract applied for is occupied or reserved for any purpose by the United States, or occupied or claimed by any...
Página 15 - Choukotski, to the meridian of one hundred and seventy-two west longitude ; thence, from the intersection of that meridian, in a southwesterly direction, so as to pass midway between the island of Attou and the Copper island of the Kormandorski couplet or group in the North Pacific ocean, to the meridian of one hundred and ninetythree degrees west longitude, so as to include in the territory conveyed the whole of the Aleutian islands east of that meridian.
Página 255 - ... with all papers, other books, and everything pertaining to such town site in his possession and all evidence of his official acts shall be transmitted to the...
Página 15 - ... proceeds thence in a course nearly southwest, through Behring's straits and Behring's sea, so as to pass midway between the northwest point of the island of St. Lawrence and the southeast point of Cape...
Página 15 - ... distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned, (that is to say, the limit...