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I was out there last year and found it fascinating, although our local
historian talked exclusively about WWII. I wanted much older material. Thanks
for giving the quote about the source.
Best,
Dee
Dee Longenbaugh
The Observatory, ABAA
299 North Franklin Street
Juneau, Alaska, 99801
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Since 1977
Alaska specialists
> Lichen on the rock ignores a nearby lightning strike, and so it is
> with cartographers.
B.E.W. Allen
On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Charles Burroughs wrote:
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> For those who are unfamiliar with even where Dutch Harbor is located half way
> out the Aleutian chain, here's what Marcus Baker (Dictionary of Alaska -
> 1902) has to say:
>
> "Dutch; harbor, on the eastern side of Amaknak island, in Captains bay,
> Unalaska. So named from the tradition that a Dutch vessel was the first to
> enter it. Veniaminof says that it is called, by old navigators, Dutch
> (Hollandish) harbor. Sarichef, 1792, calls it Udakta. According to Lutke,
> Tebenkof calls it Ougadakh. Davidson and Dall wrote Ulakhta harbor. It, and
> the village on its shores, is now universally known as Dutch harbor."
>
> By whatever its name, it is a rather bleak place and when I was first there
> in 1960, it supported one lone tree, dubbed then as the Aleutian National
> Forest.
>
> Charles
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Virginia R
> Hetrick PhD
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:10 AM
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> To: [email protected]; Discussion group for map history
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> Subject: Re: [MapHist] Re: A Dutch chart of the Aleutians Islands?
>
> Has anybody thought about its possibly originating with a German rather than
> an actual Dutch person? All that history in Pennsylvania had to start
> somewhere, even though it seems to be a while after the naming of Dutch
> Harbor.
>
> Just wondering ....
>
> v
>
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> Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California
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> "There is always hope."
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> There's no place like: 34N 8' 25.40", 117W 58'5.36"
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> if you can't be at: 48N 6' 59.9" 122W 59' 54.2"
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