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In "Koquefeuil's Voyages," published in Paris in 1823, a 

 map occurs, entitled '''■Carte de la Cote Nord-ouest d'Amcr- 

 ique,^^ and this iiiclades an extent of coast from latitude 

 34° 30' northward and westward to the the mainland coast 

 west of Kadiak Island. 



Some years later, in 1844, on the elaborate map accom- 

 panying M. DuHot de Morf'as' work, published in Paris in 

 1844, " Cote Nord-ouest de VAmerique,^^ is engraved running 

 to seaward of that part of the coast which extends from 

 latitude 60° to the entrance of the Strait of Fuca. 



Tlie above are all of the maps included in the list else- 

 where given, upon or in connection with which the term 

 North-west Coast or North-rvest Coast of America, or its 

 equivalents, has been found. None of the maps published 

 in the United States at about the dates specially referred 

 to have been found to include it. 



Mr. Blaine, in his despatch of the 17th December, 1890, 

 specially refers to a map "i)ublished by the Geographical 

 Institute at Weimar" in 1803, as showing the NiJrd West 

 Kuste, which is said to include "the coast from the Columbia 

 Iliver (40O) to Cape Elizabeth (00°)." It has so far 

 107 been impossible to consult this map, but the descrip- 

 tion given of it may doubtless be assumed as correct. 

 It will be noted that the usage here found does not precisely 

 agree with tliat on any of the above cited maps, though 

 most nearly to that of Dutlot de Morfas. 



Coming down, however, to much later times, numerous 

 instances miglit be quoted showing that the term was not 

 restricted to the limits contended for by Mr. Blaine, and 

 that it has generally been used with the utmost laxity, even 

 by those likely to be best informed on the subject. Witness 

 the following: 



"North-west Coast of America, United States Coast Sur- 

 vey, Benjamin Peirce, Superintendent, 1808," sheets 1 to 3. 

 These include the coast continuously from the vicinity of 

 the Strait of Fuca (sheet 1) to some distance Avest of Kadiak 

 and Seven Islands (sheet 3), ending to tlie westward between 

 the 157th and 158tli meridians, and showing the eastern 

 part of Bristol Bay. 



Again, in the United States "Alaska. Pacific Coast 

 Pilot," Part I, 1883, which was edited by Mr. W. H. Ball 

 (a gentleman whose familiarity with all historical and 

 geographical points connected with the west coast is 

 well known), on p. 237, under "List of Charts issued by 

 the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey — Sailing 

 Charts — Xorth-tvest Coast of America,^^ is found catalogued 

 "No. 4, Chirikoff Island to Nunivak." This particular 

 chart is entered as "in preparation," but its title carries 

 the term "north west coast" up to or beyond latitude 00° 

 within Behring Sea. 



In Mr. Blaine's despatch of the 17th December, 1890, 

 particular importance is, however, attached to a small and 

 rather poorly engraved map which ap])ears in Mr. H. H. 

 Bancroft's works, vol. xxvii (1884), which is the first of two 

 volumes named "History of the North-west Coast." 



