The Alaska frontier . e exclusively Russian waters. Russiawould not assent to formally recognize the right ofEnglish ships freely to navigate those seas, unlessthe boundary question was also arranged, and settledso as to insure to Russia an unbroken lisiere fromthe Portland Canal up to Mount Saint Elias. Andon this last point, England, after a long and stub-born resistance, finally yielded. Much of the trouble that the negotiators of theAnglo-Muscovite treaty of 1825 had in agreeingupon the eastern boundary of the lisiere was dueto a lack of knowledge respecting the mountainsalong the northwes
The Alaska frontier . e exclusively Russian waters. Russiawould not assent to formally recognize the right ofEnglish ships freely to navigate those seas, unlessthe boundary question was also arranged, and settledso as to insure to Russia an unbroken lisiere fromthe Portland Canal up to Mount Saint Elias. Andon this last point, England, after a long and stub-born resistance, finally yielded. Much of the trouble that the negotiators of theAnglo-Muscovite treaty of 1825 had in agreeingupon the eastern boundary of the lisiere was dueto a lack of knowledge respecting the mountainsalong the northwest American coast. According toVancouvers chart (See Map No. 4), a Russian mappublished in 1802 (See Map No. 5), and other avail-able information a mountain range ran along thecoast not far from the sea.^^ When Stratford Canning VI 13 Fur Seal Arbitration, Volume IV., page 448. We know from the correspondence of Sir Charles Bagot thatthe negotiators knew of the map of 1802. Fur Seal Arbitra-tion ^ Volume IV., page Vancouvers Chart of the Northwest Coast of America, copied from the French Edition of 1799. MAP No. 4. a^oas as a^jpjcs t V*- / / C ^ t^vr*^ BT
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