The LOCATION@1 basin and some large adjoining regions had been considered MISC@1 territory since the Treaty of PERSON@1 and explorations such as that by PERSON@2 , but the Treaty of PERSON@1 was rendered meaningless between NUMBER@1 and NUMBER@2 while LOCATION@2 controlled LOCATION@3 .

The LOCATION@1 basin and some large regions nearby had been considered MISC@1 territory since the Treaty of PERSON@1 .
