The Alaska frontier . unctionary Piadischeff.(See map No. 7.) On this map, Piadischeff drew theRusso-British frontier from Mount Saint Elias downto the top of the Portland Canal and then along thatsinuosity down to the sea at fifty-four degrees fortyminutes,^^ thereby shutting off Britain from accessto the sea above fifty-four degrees forty minutes. The reproduction of map No. 58 (see map No. 7) wasmade from a copy of Piadischeffs Atlas now in the possessionof the writer that belonged to Prince Alexander of Hesse, thebrother of the Empress Alexander the Second of Russia. Thetitles and nomencla
The Alaska frontier . unctionary Piadischeff.(See map No. 7.) On this map, Piadischeff drew theRusso-British frontier from Mount Saint Elias downto the top of the Portland Canal and then along thatsinuosity down to the sea at fifty-four degrees fortyminutes,^^ thereby shutting off Britain from accessto the sea above fifty-four degrees forty minutes. The reproduction of map No. 58 (see map No. 7) wasmade from a copy of Piadischeffs Atlas now in the possessionof the writer that belonged to Prince Alexander of Hesse, thebrother of the Empress Alexander the Second of Russia. Thetitles and nomenclature of the Atlas are given both in Russian andFrench. The French title is: Atlas Geographique de T Empirede Rtissie, du Royaume de Pologne et du Grand Duche de Fin-lande * * * par le Fo7ictionnaire de la <5* Classe Piadischeff,employe au Depot Topographique militaire dans P Etat-Major deSa Majeste hnperiale: Commence en 1820 et termi7ie en 182/,revu et cor rig e en 18^4. ./ ? JT??! f 4- CO 118 iv^..^ I id1.^ ii II. f-S O, ^v^ ^^^bbiy *7 v^ -#% 35*^ *«(*B£ij| i>^. ^o Ca*»* ^ I de la Keine ^^
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