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the varying definitions given in the Case of the United 

 States itself, and in Mr. Blaine's despatch already cited. 



Thus it will be noticed, for instance, that Mr. Blaine, in 

 his despatch of the 17th December, 1890, defines the north- 

 west coast as extending from 42° to 60° north latitude, 

 and marks it as terminating to the north at the 141st 

 meridian. But it is defined on p. 26 of the United States h.r.,Ex.Doc. 

 Case as extending from Prince William So.und to the mouth Qo°ng.^2nd sms.* 

 of the Columbia Kiver, thus stretching beyond Mr. Blaine's 

 northern terminal point by at least 150 miles, and falling 

 short of his southern point by about 280 miles. Again, 

 on p. 58 of the United States Case, as already quoted, 

 the north-west coast is said to be limited to the west (at 

 its northern end) by Yakutat Bay and Mount St. Elias, 

 which, though indefinite to the amount of 50 miles or so, 

 agrees more nearly with Mr. Blaine's first-quoted definition. 

 The extension of the north-west coast to Prince William 

 Sound does not, however, agree with the contention in 

 regard to it held on p. 58. 



108 Notes on Maps examined^ on which the term ^'■North- 

 west Coast of America " or its equivalent expressions 

 are met with. 



N. B.— These notes include all the maps upon whicli the terra has been found 

 among those contained in the general note on maps elsewhere given. 



1. " Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the i76i. 

 Discoveries of the North- West Coast of America." S. 

 Miiller. English edition. London, 1701. 



This contains A Map of the Discoveries made by 

 THE Russians on the North-v^^est Coast of America. 



Published by the lloyal Academy of Sciences at St. 

 Petersburgh, and republished in London by Thos. Jefierys. 



This very early map (though geographically very imjjer- 

 fect), and the title of the work in which it is contained, 

 show the sense of probably the original use of the term 

 north-west coast which there extends northward to Behring 

 -Straits. 



2. A NEW Map of the North-east Coast of Asia 1754. 

 AND North-west CoAsr of America, with the late 

 EussiAN Discoveries. In the "London Magazine," 1704. 



This is practically a reduction of the last, and has a 

 similar bearing on the question of the north-west coast. 



3. " Cook's Third Voyage." Original 4to. edition. Lon- i784. 

 don, 1784. 



This contains a Chart entitled. Chart of the N.-W. 

 Coast of America and the N. E, Coast of Asia, &c., 

 which includes the American coast from the point near 

 which Cook first reached it, about 44° latitude, continuing 

 to the termination of his explorations at Icy Cape, on the 

 Arctic Ocean, to the north of Behring Strait. 



4. "Troisit'me Voyage de Cook." Paris, 1785. 1785. 

 Contains Carte de la Cote N.-O. de l'Amerique et 



DE LA Cote N.-E. de l'Asie. 



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