The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the US 150 years ago is actually 2 tales and 2 intertwining ...

Russia had decided to sell Alaska, but the question was: how would America buy it? At the time, most Americans couldn’t ...

The prevailing narrative of the Alaska purchase, pushed in history textbooks for decades, doesn’t reflect public opinion at the time more than 150 years ago.

Russia looks east The lust for new lands ... Natives and Americans of the lower 48 – should salute Secretary of State William H. Seward, the man who eventually brought democracy and the rule ...

William Seward was Lincoln ... Military Commander C.H. Wilkes created a map in 1841 which described the potential boundaries ...

America’s 20th and 19th century expansionists would have been delighted by the president-elect’s proposed land grab.

Greenland is covered by the world's second-largest ice sheet, beaten only by Antarctica. Under this vast expanse of ice lies ...

President Trump has recently expressed a desire to expand American territory to include Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even ...

As far back as 1868, the year after he orchestrated the purchase of Alaska from Russia, secretary of state William H. Seward commissioned a study into the resources of Greenland and Iceland ...

In 1867, after buying Alaska from Russia, US Secretary of State William H Seward led negotiations to buy Greenland from Denmark, but failed to reach any agreement. In 1946, the US offered to pay $ ...

For 1867, afta dem buy Alaska from Russia, US Secretary of State William H Seward laed negotiations to buy Greenland from Denmark, but e fail to reach any agreement. For 1946, US bin offer to pay ...