Four Centuries of the Panama CanalH. Holt, 1906 - 461 pagini |
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... matters , that will be because this is to be a history rather than a descriptive treatise . It is now more than a quarter of a century since I be- came , as a student of affairs and as a writer upon them , interested in the chief ...
... matters , that will be because this is to be a history rather than a descriptive treatise . It is now more than a quarter of a century since I be- came , as a student of affairs and as a writer upon them , interested in the chief ...
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... matter , the theory and the aim of Columbus's venture remain indisputable ; and they are all with which this writ- ing is concerned . According to the old story , then , Toscanelli , a Florentine and one of the foremost geographers of ...
... matter , the theory and the aim of Columbus's venture remain indisputable ; and they are all with which this writ- ing is concerned . According to the old story , then , Toscanelli , a Florentine and one of the foremost geographers of ...
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... matter of conjecture . It may have been a province of China , or China itself . It may have been the old Chinese capital of Si - Ngan , in Shen - Si , in east longi- tude 109 ° ; or Tai - Yuan , in Shan - Si , in east longitude 112 ° 30 ...
... matter of conjecture . It may have been a province of China , or China itself . It may have been the old Chinese capital of Si - Ngan , in Shen - Si , in east longi- tude 109 ° ; or Tai - Yuan , in Shan - Si , in east longitude 112 ° 30 ...
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... matter at least , an unworthy successor of Balboa and Cortez , for he showed no stomach for the undertaking and soon declared it to be quite impossible . Others were more resolute and optimistic . The historian Gomara , in his official ...
... matter at least , an unworthy successor of Balboa and Cortez , for he showed no stomach for the undertaking and soon declared it to be quite impossible . Others were more resolute and optimistic . The historian Gomara , in his official ...
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... matter and to report all possible data concerning the practicability of constructing a canal at Nicaragua . At the same time commissioners from New Granada were in Washington , asking the United States to participate in the first Pan ...
... matter and to report all possible data concerning the practicability of constructing a canal at Nicaragua . At the same time commissioners from New Granada were in Washington , asking the United States to participate in the first Pan ...
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Pagina 398 - 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.
Pagina 410 - 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 said Canal or of any auxiliary canals or other works necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said enterprise.
Pagina 192 - ... the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists : and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Pagina 409 - 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 of the said canal...
Pagina 243 - 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 the Republic of Panama grants to the United States the right and authority to enforce the same.
Pagina 418 - 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.
Pagina 397 - Governments shall approve of as just and equitable; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms, shall also be open on like terms to the citizens and subjects of every other State which is willing to grant thereto such protection as the United States and Great Britain engage to afford.
Pagina 396 - And the contracting parties likewise agree that each shall enter into treaty stipulations with such of the Central American 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...
Pagina 243 - The same right and authority are granted to the United States for the maintenance of public order in the cities of Panama and 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.
Pagina 398 - 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.