should the Anglo-Russian agreement of 37 be linked/mentioned here

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Can go as a see also of course, but re:

Kupreyanov greeted the British captain Edward Belcher in 1837, who was commanding surveying expedition of two ships

I take it that expedition was in connection with the agreement's outcome, rather than a preamble to it.....if so would be worth mentioning it and linking in the next, no?Skookum1 (talk) 14:53, 16 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

The exploration under Belcher had nothing to do with the '39 agreement. Feel free to read the actual report by Belcher, because I am certain there wont be any mention of it. Besides the agreement, while sanctioned by their respective governments, was solely between the Russian-American Company and the Hudson's Bay Company.
Hm just seemed surprising that there was any British presence coming by Sitka given prior hostilities; I would have thought that would only after the agreement was in place...it was under initial negotiations around then though wasn't it? I guess Kupreanof's 'overwhelming civility' might have been an effort to offset the earlier discord.Skookum1 (talk) 03:59, 17 November 2014 (UTC)Reply
The expedition was surveying essentially the entire Pacific Coast of the Americas, with specific instructions to determine the location of Mt. St. Elias. The negotiations for the RAC-HBC agreement as the article I wrote notes, began and ended in 1839. Voltaire's Vaquero (talk) 05:27, 18 November 2014 (UTC)Reply