CASE OF GRF:AT BRITAIN. 63 



employed by them to designate the regions bordering upon the 

 Alantic. The north-west coast and the west coast of California, 

 itogether form the west coast of North America; as it has been found 

 impossible to separate the history of these two portions, so it will be 

 necessary to include them both in this geographical view (p. 1). 



Mr. Greeuhow here gives the following note: 



In the following pages the term coast will be used, sometimes as 

 signifying only the sea-shore, and sometimes as embracing the whole 

 territorj', extending therefrom to the sources of the river; care has 

 been, however, taken to jireveut misapprehension, where the context 

 does not sufficiently indicate the true sense. In order to avoid repe- 

 titions, the north-west coast will be understood to be the north-west 

 coast of North America; all latitudes will be taken as north latitudes, 

 and all lorifjitudes as west from Greenwich, unless otherwise expressed. 



The "Memoir" continues as follows: 



" PACIFIC OCEAN." 



The northern extremity of the west coast of America is Caj^e Prince 

 of Wales, in latitude 65- 52', which is also the Avesternmost spot in the 

 Avhole continent; it is sitiiated on the eastern side of lieerinf/'s tStrait, 

 a channel 51 miles in width, connecting tlie Paciric with the Arctic 

 [or J<>i or North Frozen^ Ocean, on the Avestern side of which strait, 

 o])p()site Cape Prince of Wales, is Kast Cape, the eastern extremity 

 of Asia. Beyond lieering Strait the shores of tlie two continents 

 recede from each other. The vortli const of America has been traced 

 from Cape Prince of Wales north-eastward to CV(j;c' Barrow, &c., pp. 3, 4. 



The relations of Behring Sea to the Pacific Ocean are 

 defined as follows in the " Memoir": 



The part of the Pacitic'north of the Aleutian Islands which bathes 

 those shores is commonly distinguished as tlie Sea of Kamtchatka, and 

 sometimes Behring Sea, in honour of the Russian navigator of that 

 name Avho iirst explore<l it (pp. 4, 5). 



Again, in the "Geography of Oregon and California," "Xbe Geogra- 

 Mr. Greenhow writes : a'7d "('aimlrma 



/-<!-.• ,. -IT- 1 , ■ . . • • , and thc> other ter- 



Cape Prince oi \\ ales, the westernmost jioint ot America, is the ritories ou the 



eastern ]ullar of Behring Strait, a jjassagc onlj- 50 miles in width, sejia- northwest coast 



rating that continent from Asia, and forming tlio only direct commu- "^ ^,°^^^^ v™-!^ 



nicatiou between the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. 1345 ^^ °* ' 



68 The jiart of the Pjicific called the Sea of Kamtchatka, or 



Behring Sea, north of the Aleutian chain, likewise contains 

 several islands, &c. (p. 4). 



Greenliow's "History" was officially i)resented to the "I'l^e Historv 

 Government of Great Britain by the Government of the caiitorma" a"i"d 

 United States in July 1845, in coimection Avith the Oregon «>" other territo- 

 T . -, . '' ' ,. » , n ^T ^ ries outhenorth- 



discussion autl 111 ])ursuance ot an Act or Congress.* west coast of 



In this History the Sea of Kamtchatka, or Behring's Sea, JJ'SbertGricn- 

 is again referred to as a part of the Pacific Ocean. how. Translator 



aud Librarian to 



the Department 

 * The following is the correspondence accompanvingthe presentation of State of the 



by the Government of the United States: " United States; 



author ot a Me- 

 moir Historical 

 ^'Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Pakenham. and Political, on 



the northwest 

 ,,-r^ _ ,-, coast of N o 1' t li 



"Department of .state, America, pub- 



" ]] ashhKjton, July 12, 1S45. lisbed in 1840 by 



"Sir: In pursuance of an Act of Congress approved on the 20th oifl^^^^^^ l\. ^^^ 



February, 1845, 1 havethehonour to traiismitto yonherewith, forpres- Fnit'ed States."' 



entation to the Government of Great Britain, one copy of the ' History INew York, 1845. 



of Oregon, California, and the other territories ou the North-west Coast 



