ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Baffin Island, Pytheas, Terra Nullius
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Polar imperative part 1: shelia grant form ontario, teacher a trent, not published by an academic press, written for general audiences. Anyone who has some time could pick up the book in read it: wide sweeping history of the book, written 7 years ago. Doesn"t talk too much about the arctic council. 21st century portion is brief: trudeau and trump did not talk about the environment. Sovereignty as a central point in this book: on going discussions that are playing out on the international change. Exam: two key concepts: de jure: supreme power or title over a specific territory by political or legal right recognized by other nations. Europeans discovered the new world legal or political rights inherent in de jure sovereignty. )ndigenous people didn"t technically own the land so the: north american was considered that, however, natives were already living there. Europeans took it: cession: someone can give it to you. How do you get sovereign title: subjucation, continuity.
