The American MediterraneanMoffat, Yard, 1912 - 488 páginas |
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... known as the Lesser Antilles , belong to England and they form two administrative divisions called , that in the north the Leeward Islands , that in the south the Wind- ward Islands . Geographers and sailors are far from being satisfied ...
... known as the Lesser Antilles , belong to England and they form two administrative divisions called , that in the north the Leeward Islands , that in the south the Wind- ward Islands . Geographers and sailors are far from being satisfied ...
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... known and accessible to man . When muscovado sugar brought $ 300 a ton and cost less than $ 100 to produce , when slave labour was cheap and hard driven , a small 200- acre Barbadian plantation represented an annual income of $ 75,000 ...
... known and accessible to man . When muscovado sugar brought $ 300 a ton and cost less than $ 100 to produce , when slave labour was cheap and hard driven , a small 200- acre Barbadian plantation represented an annual income of $ 75,000 ...
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... Antilles into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico , whence it returns through Florida Strait to the Atlantic and begins to play its great rôle in the Western Ocean and the adjacent lands . Now it is known 6 THE AMERICAN MEDITERRANEAN.
... Antilles into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico , whence it returns through Florida Strait to the Atlantic and begins to play its great rôle in the Western Ocean and the adjacent lands . Now it is known 6 THE AMERICAN MEDITERRANEAN.
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Stephen Bonsal. Ocean and the adjacent lands . Now it is known that only a small fraction of this enormous current comes from our Gulf . Still , though relatively small , the Ameri- can contribution to this oceanic river is considerable ...
Stephen Bonsal. Ocean and the adjacent lands . Now it is known that only a small fraction of this enormous current comes from our Gulf . Still , though relatively small , the Ameri- can contribution to this oceanic river is considerable ...
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... known or not worth saying . Grant had a strange yearning for these islands and he never forgave those men who defeated the perhaps then ill - considered projects of annexation and purchase which he cherished . A little later , it would ...
... known or not worth saying . Grant had a strange yearning for these islands and he never forgave those men who defeated the perhaps then ill - considered projects of annexation and purchase which he cherished . A little later , it would ...
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administration American apparently Appendix army Barbados Bogotá Bolivar British canal capital captain Caracas Caribbean Caribs Cartagena Castro cent chief civilisation coast Colombia colonies coloured commercial course Cuba Cuban Curaçao debt Diaz Dominican Republic Dutch duties election exports fact favour feet Firmin foreign France French German gold Gomez Gonaïves Governor Guadeloupe hands harbour Hayti Haytian Honduras hundred imports island Isthmus Jamaica land least live Madero Matos ment Mexico miles military million Monroe Doctrine mountain negro never Nicaragua Nord Alexis Obeah Pan-American Union perhaps plantations planters Platt Amendment political population port Port-au-Prince Porto Rico practically President race railway régime Republic of Panama result revolution revolutionary Reyes Saint Santo Domingo Senate ship situation soldiers South Spain Spanish square miles steamers sugar thousand tion to-day trade treaty tropical United Venezuela Voodoo West Indian West Indies
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Página 475 - 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 Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Página 404 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Página 405 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Página 404 - That the government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain, by colonization or for military or naval purposes or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of said island.
Página 464 - ... this treaty or by reason of the operations of the United States, its agents or employees, or by reason of the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal or of the works of sanitation and protection herein provided for, shall be appraised and settled by a joint Commission appointed by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Panama...
Página 462 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection...
Página 465 - Panama and authorizes the New Panama Canal Company to sell and transfer to the United States its rights, privileges, properties, and concessions, as well as the Panama Railroad and all the shares or part of the shares of that company...
Página 461 - Colombia, and the sovereignty of such territory being actually vested in the Republic of Panama, the high contracting parties have resolved for that purpose to conclude a convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries, — The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State, and The Government of the Republic of Panama, Philippe...
Página 475 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.
Página 404 - President is hereby authorized to "leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people" so soon as a government shall have been established in said island under a constitution which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba, substantially as follows: "I.