Symbolic acts and the claiming of Alaska.
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni40382
- Author
- Allan, Chris
- Date
- Spring 2000
- Geographic Location
- Pacific Coast (Alaska)
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- Discusses how explorers used symbols such as crosses or coins to claim territory, the ensuing problems of overlapping possession, and the eventual use of naval power and settlement, to assert control.
- Author
- Allan, Chris
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Spring 2000
- Geographic Location
- Pacific Coast (Alaska)
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- maps
- Source Title
- Alaska History A Publication of the Alaska Historical Society
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-13
- Abstract
- Discusses how explorers used symbols such as crosses or coins to claim territory, the ensuing problems of overlapping possession, and the eventual use of naval power and settlement, to assert control.