The Great Antilles. Porto Rico. Guam. HawaiiJ. C. Winston Company, 1906 |
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... thousand Spaniards meant famine to themselves . As Las Casas said , One Spaniard would consume in a day that which ... thousands of the natives , but there was no conflict . The fire of the caronadas and the sight of the horses struck ...
... thousand Spaniards meant famine to themselves . As Las Casas said , One Spaniard would consume in a day that which ... thousands of the natives , but there was no conflict . The fire of the caronadas and the sight of the horses struck ...
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... thousand feet above the sea , and drop to a depth of four miles beneath it . The island of Haiti is the center and culminating point of this range , the highest peak of which , Monte Tina , rises from near the middle of the island to an ...
... thousand feet above the sea , and drop to a depth of four miles beneath it . The island of Haiti is the center and culminating point of this range , the highest peak of which , Monte Tina , rises from near the middle of the island to an ...
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... thousand to seven thousand feet , while the Antillean ranges rise straight from the sea . Furthermore , the slopes of the Antillean moun- tains continue downward below the watery horizon for enormous depths . The slopes of Porto Rico ...
... thousand to seven thousand feet , while the Antillean ranges rise straight from the sea . Furthermore , the slopes of the Antillean moun- tains continue downward below the watery horizon for enormous depths . The slopes of Porto Rico ...
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... thousand citizens of the United States own land in Cuba , for which they have paid in excess of fifty millions . The vast to- bacco business is in American hands and American capital controls the banks , the mines , the railroads - THE ...
... thousand citizens of the United States own land in Cuba , for which they have paid in excess of fifty millions . The vast to- bacco business is in American hands and American capital controls the banks , the mines , the railroads - THE ...
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... thousand and five hundred square miles , is only one - twelfth of the size of Cuba . Porto Rico lacks the rugged mountainous charac- ter of the other members of the group . A range of hills traverses the island from east to west running ...
... thousand and five hundred square miles , is only one - twelfth of the size of Cuba . Porto Rico lacks the rugged mountainous charac- ter of the other members of the group . A range of hills traverses the island from east to west running ...
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Página 532 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Página 534 - Colon shall be free for all time so that there shall not be imposed or collected custom house tolls, tonnage, anchorage, lighthouse, wharf, pilot, or quarantine dues or any other charges or taxes of any kind upon any vessel using or passing through the Canal or belonging...
Página 533 - The Republic of Panama agrees that the cities of Panama and Colon shall comply in perpetuity with the sanitary ordinances whether of a preventive or curative character prescribed by the United States and in case the Government of Panama is unable or fails in its duty to enforce this compliance by the cities of Panama and Colon with the sanitary ordinances of the United States in the Republic of Panama grants to the United States the right and authority to enforce the same.
Página 535 - As the price or compensation for the rights, powers and privileges granted in this convention by the Republic of Panama to the United States, the Government of the United States agrees to pay to the Republic of Panama...
Página 520 - Commission is of the opinion that ' the most practicable and feasible route ' for an Isthmian canal, to be ' under the control, management, and ownership of the United States ' is that known as the Nicaragua route.
Página 532 - Article 2 which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the...
Página 535 - The Canal, when constructed, and the entrances thereto shall be neutral in perpetuity, and shall be opened upon the terms provided for by Section I of Article three of, and in conformity with all the stipulations of, the treaty entered into by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain on November 18, 1901.
Página 533 - Colon and the territories and harbors adjacent thereto in case the Republic of Panama should not be, in the judgment of the United States, able to maintain such order.
Página 531 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection...