A Proceedings Of The Alaskan Boundary Tribunal Convened At London Under The Treaty Between The United States Of America And Great Britain Concluded

Author : Alaskan Boundary Tribunal
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ISBN 13 : 9781331258148
Total Pages : 458 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, Vol. 5 written by Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, Vol. 5: Convened at London, Under the Treaty Between the United States of America and Great Britain, Concluded at Washington January 24, 1903, for the Settlement of Questions Between the Two Countries With Respect to the Boundary Line Between the Territory of Ala In 1799 the Czar of Russia issued an Ukase granting to the Russian American Company certain privileges, and jurisdiction over the northwest coast of America, down to the 55th degree of north latitude. On September 4, 1821, an Ukase was issued by which Russia claimed exclusive sovereignty over the northwest coast of America down to the 51st degree of north latitude, and also over one hundred miles of the Pacific Ocean, which washed the islands, and the mainland of the northwestern coasts of America. This Ukase was intended to protect and enlarge the privileges of the Russian American Company, which had been granted by the Ukase of 1799, the chief of which was the exclusive right of hunting and trading for the pelts of animals in that territory. The Ukase of September 4, 1821 extended the limits to the 51st degree, and in addition, prohibited the navigation of the Pacific Ocean to the subjects of all other nations, within one hundred miles of such islands and coasts. Protests were promptly made by the United States and Great Britain. Negotiations were begun in 1821, which terminated in a treaty between Russia and the United States in 1824 and a treaty between Russia and Great Britain in 1825. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.