Ocean to Ocean: An Account, Personal and Historical, of Nicaragua and Its PeopleA.C. McClurg & Company, 1902 - 309 páginas |
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... hundred thousand people are dreaming the years away . No traditions of the past , no ambitions for the future , disturb the even tenor of their lives . A hammock in the shade during the sunny sum- mer days , a thatched roof when it ...
... hundred thousand people are dreaming the years away . No traditions of the past , no ambitions for the future , disturb the even tenor of their lives . A hammock in the shade during the sunny sum- mer days , a thatched roof when it ...
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... hundred in the depression through which the Rio San Juan flows . The slope from the watershed to the basin occupied by lakes Nicaragua and Managua is short and steep hence the streams flowing to the west- ward are insignificant , while ...
... hundred in the depression through which the Rio San Juan flows . The slope from the watershed to the basin occupied by lakes Nicaragua and Managua is short and steep hence the streams flowing to the west- ward are insignificant , while ...
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... hundred and sixty - five miles . San Juan del Norte , as the Nicaraguans call Greytown , is built upon the delta plain of the Rio San Juan , which is composed of volcanic detritus brought chiefly from the mountainous regions of Costa ...
... hundred and sixty - five miles . San Juan del Norte , as the Nicaraguans call Greytown , is built upon the delta plain of the Rio San Juan , which is composed of volcanic detritus brought chiefly from the mountainous regions of Costa ...
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... hundred men forming the invading army only three hundred survived . This serious misfortune to the Brit- ish arms encouraged the Governor of Guate- mala , who organized an expedition , fell upon the English colonists and drove them ...
... hundred men forming the invading army only three hundred survived . This serious misfortune to the Brit- ish arms encouraged the Governor of Guate- mala , who organized an expedition , fell upon the English colonists and drove them ...
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... hundred and sixty marines , followed the retreating Nicaraguans upstream , took the fort at Sarapiqui , and actually reached and besieged Granada , compelling the Nicar- aguan Government to accept the terms of peace laid down by him ...
... hundred and sixty marines , followed the retreating Nicaraguans upstream , took the fort at Sarapiqui , and actually reached and besieged Granada , compelling the Nicar- aguan Government to accept the terms of peace laid down by him ...
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adventurers attack bank Bay Islands Belize Britain British Brito camp Caribbean Sea Castillo cazique Central American channel chief Clayton-Bulwer treaty Colonel command construction continental divide Convention Corinto Costa Rica deck Engineer English established expedition feet filibusters Flor followed force forest formed Government Granada Greytown Guatemala harbor headland hills Honduras hundred Indians interoceanic canal Isthmus lagoons Lake Nicaragua land Leon Liberal Managua Masaya Menocal ment miles military Morazan morning Mosquito Coast mouth native Nicaragua Canal Nicaragua Canal Commission night occasional Ochoa dam Ometepe Pacific Ocean Panama party passed port possession President proposed ratification reached result Rican Rio Grande valley Rio Las Lajas Rio San Juan Rivas route San Carlos SAN JUAN RIVER San Juan valley San Salvador seemed seized sent Servile Ship-Canal shore Spanish steamer stream summit level tents territory tion Tola Basin town Transit trees troops United volcanic Walker woods
Pasajes populares
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.