. American history:. BOOK Hi. EARLY FRENCH SETTLEMENTS, PRESENT BRITISH PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA,MEXICO, AND TEXAS. MAP OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OFBRITISH That portion of North America cliiimed by Great Britain, embraces more than a third partof tlio entire continent. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic ocean, east by the Atlantic,eouth by the St. Lawrence, and tlic great chain of as far westward as tlie Lake of theWoods, whence tlie dividing line between tlic of England and the United Statesfollows tlio 49tli paralkl of latitude wi^slward to the Strait o
. American history:. BOOK Hi. EARLY FRENCH SETTLEMENTS, PRESENT BRITISH PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA,MEXICO, AND TEXAS. MAP OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OFBRITISH That portion of North America cliiimed by Great Britain, embraces more than a third partof tlio entire continent. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic ocean, east by the Atlantic,eouth by the St. Lawrence, and tlic great chain of as far westward as tlie Lake of theWoods, whence tlie dividing line between tlic of England and the United Statesfollows tlio 49tli paralkl of latitude wi^slward to the Strait of Fuca, and theneo through itschannel southwest to tlie Pacific Ocean. The western boundary of British America is in partthe ocean, and in part the line of the 141st degree of west longitude. England and liussia ad-vance conflicting claims to the southern portion of this western coast. The whole area claimed by Britain amounts to about four millions of square miles. Thegreater portion of region is a dreary waste, buried most of the year in snow, and pro-ducing little that is valuable, except the skins and furs of the wild animals that roam over itssurface.
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