Ocean to Ocean: An Account, Personal and Historical, of Nicaragua and Its PeopleA.C. McClurg & Company, 1902 - 309 páginas |
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... attempt is made to pass the rapids at Castillo , freight being hauled around them on a tramway and reshipped by another boat . The Machuca , Balas , and Toro rapids are passable for river boats during the rainy season . The entire ...
... attempt is made to pass the rapids at Castillo , freight being hauled around them on a tramway and reshipped by another boat . The Machuca , Balas , and Toro rapids are passable for river boats during the rainy season . The entire ...
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... attempted in small craft under native pilot- age . It was here that Commander Crossman and several men of the '72 expedition were drowned by the overturning of their whale - boat in the surf , others of their party barely escaping with ...
... attempted in small craft under native pilot- age . It was here that Commander Crossman and several men of the '72 expedition were drowned by the overturning of their whale - boat in the surf , others of their party barely escaping with ...
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... to pieces in the harbor , and the deserted buildings slowly rotting away , are perishing monuments of a brave attempt to pierce the American isthmus , CHAPTER III T HISTORICAL AND DIPLOMATIC HE history of the NEW YORK TO GREYTOWN 39.
... to pieces in the harbor , and the deserted buildings slowly rotting away , are perishing monuments of a brave attempt to pierce the American isthmus , CHAPTER III T HISTORICAL AND DIPLOMATIC HE history of the NEW YORK TO GREYTOWN 39.
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... attempt in 1720 resulted in the negotiation of a treaty whereby a virtual protectorate was established over the Mosquito Coast . England chose to regard the Madrid treaty merely as a recognition of rights already ac- quired by her , and ...
... attempt in 1720 resulted in the negotiation of a treaty whereby a virtual protectorate was established over the Mosquito Coast . England chose to regard the Madrid treaty merely as a recognition of rights already ac- quired by her , and ...
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... attempted and would have been accomplished but for the ratification of a treaty of peace between the contending Powers . Mutual restitution of conquests was agreed to , but this seems to have had little influence upon England's ...
... attempted and would have been accomplished but for the ratification of a treaty of peace between the contending Powers . Mutual restitution of conquests was agreed to , but this seems to have had little influence upon England's ...
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Página 288 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Página 285 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Página 290 - Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof , and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London at the earliest possible time within six months from the date hereof.
Página 285 - And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the...
Página 287 - April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States, without impairing the "general principle...
Página 283 - Convention ; and if any persons cr company should already have, with any State through which the proposed Ship-Canal may pass, a contract for the construction of such a canal as that specified in this Convention, to the stipulations of which contract neither of the contracting parties in this Convention have any just cause to object ; and the said persons or company shall, moreover, have made preparations, and expended time, money, and trouble, on...
Página 284 - ... have made preparations, and expended time, money, and trouble, on the faith of such contract, it is hereby agreed that such persons or company shall have a priority of claim over every other person, persons, or company to the protection of the Governments of the United States and Great Britain, and...
Página 283 - States, as they may deem advisable, for the purpose of more effectually carrying out the great design of this Convention, namely, — that of constructing and maintaining the said Canal as a ship-communication between the two Oceans, for the benefit of mankind, on equal terms to all, and of protecting the same...
Página 280 - Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship-canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Página 290 - It is agreed that no change of territorial .sovereignty or of the international relations of the country or countries traversed by the beforementioned canal shall affect the general principle of neutralization or the obligation of the High Contracting Parties under the present Treaty.