The American MediterraneanMoffat, Yard, 1912 - Počet stran: 488 |
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... miles out to sea . This is the first and most important section of the Caribbean world and comprises the four large islands of Cuba , Jamaica , Hispaniola ( Hayti and Santo Domingo ) , and Porto Rico . Once this last island sinks down ...
... miles out to sea . This is the first and most important section of the Caribbean world and comprises the four large islands of Cuba , Jamaica , Hispaniola ( Hayti and Santo Domingo ) , and Porto Rico . Once this last island sinks down ...
Strana 3
... miles or approximately one - half the circumference of the globe . It has been estimated that a steamer of average speed leaving Key West and steaming along the coast of Mexico and the Central American and north THE CARIBBEAN WORLD 3.
... miles or approximately one - half the circumference of the globe . It has been estimated that a steamer of average speed leaving Key West and steaming along the coast of Mexico and the Central American and north THE CARIBBEAN WORLD 3.
Strana 7
... miles wide and 450 fathoms deep , moving at a rate varying from two to six miles an hour , or if these figures are correct it is equivalent to 300,000 rivers as copious as that of the Mississippi . As weather conditions and reports of ...
... miles wide and 450 fathoms deep , moving at a rate varying from two to six miles an hour , or if these figures are correct it is equivalent to 300,000 rivers as copious as that of the Mississippi . As weather conditions and reports of ...
Strana 17
... miles away from their homes , their fami- lies , and their private concerns . Under these circum- stances I fear we would not secure the high - class men that at present with few exceptions compose the colonial assemblies . " The whole ...
... miles away from their homes , their fami- lies , and their private concerns . Under these circum- stances I fear we would not secure the high - class men that at present with few exceptions compose the colonial assemblies . " The whole ...
Strana 92
... miles back of the port town where the occur- rence took place . Within an hour after the disappear- ance of the child soldiers were on the trail , and before morning the child was discovered in the mountain hut alone with the mother ...
... miles back of the port town where the occur- rence took place . Within an hour after the disappear- ance of the child soldiers were on the trail , and before morning the child was discovered in the mountain hut alone with the mother ...
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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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Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.