The Alaska frontier . ^(L^ji^ay^ v;^r*y<- t» . , -I ^ -. Ai<t 9<in^r^if, Map published in 1802 by the Russian Quartermaster-General DepartmentAT Saint Petersburg, now in the Library of Congress. MAP No. 5. CONTOUR OF THE COAST. 21 and Count Nesselrode and M. de Poletica finallyagreed upon the mountain divide as the frontierbetween the two nations, Canning, acting upon in-structions from his cousin, George Canning, who wasBritish Secretary of Foreign Affairs, insisted thatshould the summit of the mountains prove to be,at any point, more than ten marine leagues fromthe shore, then the l
The Alaska frontier . ^(L^ji^ay^ v;^r*y<- t» . , -I ^ -. Ai<t 9<in^r^if, Map published in 1802 by the Russian Quartermaster-General DepartmentAT Saint Petersburg, now in the Library of Congress. MAP No. 5. CONTOUR OF THE COAST. 21 and Count Nesselrode and M. de Poletica finallyagreed upon the mountain divide as the frontierbetween the two nations, Canning, acting upon in-structions from his cousin, George Canning, who wasBritish Secretary of Foreign Affairs, insisted thatshould the summit of the mountains prove to be,at any point, more than ten marine leagues fromthe shore, then the line of demarcation should bedrawn parallel to the sinuosities of the shore at adistance of ten marine leagues. This ten leaguelimit to the eastward was inserted on purpose, asGeorge Canning stated in his instructions to Strat-ford Canning to guard England against a possibilityof having her territory pushed back to the eastwarda hundred miles or more from the sea in case thecrest of the mountains was found in reality to lie farback from the coast instead o
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