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Return to: Alaska Purchase - The name Alaska most likely came from the Aleut word Alyeska, meaning the great land.
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Map in 1867 |
Map of Territory (Alaska) ceded to the United States by Russia. By: U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1867. Alaska State Library, Alaska Centennial Purchase Collection. |
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