Great Ocean
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Obsolete form of Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean in Western Hemisphere
- 1825 January 12, Henry Middleton, Charles De Nesselrode, Pierre De Poletica, Convention Between the United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, Relative to Navigating, Fishing, Etc., in the Pacific Ocean: Concluded April 17, 1824; ratifications exchanged January 11, 1825; proclaimed January 12, 1825[1]:
- It is agreed, that, in any part of the Great Ocean, commonly called the Pacific Ocean or South Sea, the respective citizens or subjects of the high contracting powers shall be neither disturbed nor restrained either in navigation, or in fishing, or in the power of resorting to the coasts upon points which may not already have been occupied, for the purpose of trading with the natives, saving always the restrictions and conditions determined by the following articles.