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Map of Alaska with inset maps of Sitka And the Aleutian Islands, circa 1902. (Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via Getty Images)
Map of Alaska with inset maps of Sitka And the Aleutian Islands, circa 1902. (Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via Getty Images)