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... settlement was effected . For more than half a century after discovery no effort was made at colonization , nor indeed did Russia lay formal claim to the territory till about the year 1788 , some forty years or more subsequent to the ...
... settlement was effected . For more than half a century after discovery no effort was made at colonization , nor indeed did Russia lay formal claim to the territory till about the year 1788 , some forty years or more subsequent to the ...
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... settlement and the plentiful supply of salmon to be had at that place . Trading posts were established on Afognak Island , in Cook Inlet and at Cape St. Elias , and then Shelikoff returned to Siberia , taking with him a number of adult ...
... settlement and the plentiful supply of salmon to be had at that place . Trading posts were established on Afognak Island , in Cook Inlet and at Cape St. Elias , and then Shelikoff returned to Siberia , taking with him a number of adult ...
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... settlement of Three Saints by Shelikoff and the establish- ment of the auxiliary trading posts , of which men- tion has been made , several expeditions sailed along the coast and among the islands , trading wherever possible with the ...
... settlement of Three Saints by Shelikoff and the establish- ment of the auxiliary trading posts , of which men- tion has been made , several expeditions sailed along the coast and among the islands , trading wherever possible with the ...
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... settlements on Cook Inlet and at Nuchek , while rival companies had located themselves on several of the Aleutian Islands , and at other points in close proximity to those of their chief competitor . * Open boats made of walrus hides ...
... settlements on Cook Inlet and at Nuchek , while rival companies had located themselves on several of the Aleutian Islands , and at other points in close proximity to those of their chief competitor . * Open boats made of walrus hides ...
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... settlements , steel for the axes used being made from the same material . They tried to extract iron from ore found in the vicinity , but failed . Two other ships were built at this place . From 1790 to 1794 various hunting and trad ...
... settlements , steel for the axes used being made from the same material . They tried to extract iron from ore found in the vicinity , but failed . Two other ships were built at this place . From 1790 to 1794 various hunting and trad ...
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Alaska Its History, Climate Natural Resources (Classic Reprint) Hon. A. P. Swineford No preview available - 2017 |
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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
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 241 - ... in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...