The Alaskan Boundary Dispute
The Alaskan Boundary dispute consists of a background of territorial claims made to certain lands along the Northwest Coast of our continent by the United States, Great Britain and Russia. In the thirteenth century Genghis Khan crossed Siberia and had reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean. This oc...
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UNM Digital Repository
1948
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| Summary: | The Alaskan Boundary dispute consists of a background of territorial claims made to certain lands along the Northwest Coast of our continent by the United States, Great Britain and Russia. In the thirteenth century Genghis Khan crossed Siberia and had reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean. This ocean separated him from Alaska. What is believed to be the first sighting of land which now constitutes Alaska, by a European, was made on July 15, 1741 at 2:00 A.M. at 55 degrees 21 minutes north latitude and 61 degrees 55 minutes west longitude. This sighting was made by an expedition under Vitus Bering, a Dane in Russian employ and the person for whom Bering Strait is named. |
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