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South Sea seal trade and U S policy in Pacific waters
The passage describes pelagic seal hunts near Cape Horn, sovereignty tensions with Argentina Uruguay and Chile, and the Nova Scotia schooner Agnes Donahue seized by a Uruguayan gunboat. It notes 24 112 seal skins valued at 350 000 dollars shipped from Port Stanley to London. It discusses Canadian competition and U S restrictions on Pribilof Islands hunting including branding, import bans, gunboat patrols, and a prohibition on unbranded skins and certain activities.
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Agnes Donahue
Cape Horn
Port Stanley
London
North Pacific
Kamchatka
United States
Pribvlotf
Republic
Pribvlotf Islands