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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Anglo-American commission , (search)
Bering sea.
In 1725 Capt. Vitus Bering, a Danish navigator in the service of Peter the Great, discovered rchase-price of the territory by $6,350,000. That Bering Sea, with its islands, was the exclusive property of he claim of Lord Salisbury, who had asserted that Bering Sea could not be mare clausum under any circumstances as follows:
1. What exclusive jurisdiction in Bering Sea did Russia exercise prior to the cession of Alask st efforts to prohibit sealing by her subjects in Bering Sea until May, 1892.
2. That the United States sha ed any claim of Russia to exclusive jurisdiction; Bering Sea was included in the Pacific Ocean in the treaty o claiming a closed season from May 1 to July 31 in Bering Sea and the North Pacific; establishing a protected z om alleged illegal seizures of British vessels in Bering Sea.
The United States denied the justice of this cl all interested nations to a conference separately.
See Anglo-American commission.
Bering sea arbitration
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bering sea arbitration. (search)
Bering sea arbitration.
The United States stands distinguished among the nations as the foremos ng the fur-seals of the Pribyloff Islands in Bering Sea; and the impression seems to prevail with ma he herd, and with occasional incursions into Bering Sea.
There was gradually developed a contention down by Secretary Bout-well did not apply to Bering Sea, because Russia had claimed and enforced exc aters of Alaska embraced all that portion of Bering Sea east of the line designated in the Russian t ute, the first seizure of British vessels in Bering Sea took place under instructions of the Secreta rcised jurisdiction over all that portion of Bering Sea . . . and that claim had been tacitly recogn lared to include and apply to, all waters of Bering Sea in Alaska embraced within the boundary lines minion of the United States in the waters of Bering Sea.
The seizure and condemnation of vessels, ritish vessels engaged in pelagic sealing in Bering Sea.
But this course had already been proposed
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blodgett , Henry Williams , 1821 - (search)
Blodgett, Henry Williams, 1821-
Jurist; born in Amherst, Mass., July 21, 1821: was educated at Amherst Academy; studied surveying and engineering, and later law, and was admitted to the bar in 1844.
He was a member of the Illinois legislature in 1852-54; a State Senator in 1859-65, and United States district judge of the Northern District of Illinois in 1869-93.
In 1892 he was appointed one of the counsel on the part of the United States before the arbitration tribunal created by treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the purpose of settling the dispute concerning the fur-seals in Bering Sea.
He retired from the bench in 1893.
Cape Nome,
A cape extending from the southern part of the western peninsula of Alaska, which lies between Kotzebue Sound on the north, and Bering Sea on the south.
It is about 2,500 miles northwest of Seattle, and 175 miles southeast of Siberia.
In September, 1898, gold was first discovered here by a party of Swedes.
Since then it has become the centre of a rich gold-mining region, which lies about the lower course of the Snake River, a winding stream emerging from a range of mountains not exceeding from 700 to 1,200 feet in altitude.
In October, 1899, Nome City had a population of 5,000 inhabitants living in tents.
It is believed that the rapid growth of this town has never been equalled.
Early prospecting indicated that the Nome district would compare for richness with the celebrated Klondike (q. v.) region.
In the short season of 1899 the yield in gold from this section alone was estimated at $1,500,000.
St. Michael,
The chief port of Alaska on Bering Sea; also the trading port of the Yukon Valley.
It is on Norton Sound, in a region swampy and subject to inundations, and could be given an excellent harbor by extensive dredging and other im. provements.
For many years it was an important station of the Russian Fur Company, and prior to the acquisition of Alaska by the United States was known as Mikhailovsk.
See Alaska.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)