Isthmus of Darien Ship Canal: With a Full History of the Scotch Colony of Darien, Several Maps, Views of the Country, and Original Documents |
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... Islands . From the East Indies to the South Seas there are two passages ; one by the North , to sail to the latitude of 40 ° North , in order to get into the great west wind , which about that latitude blows ten months in 8.
... Islands . From the East Indies to the South Seas there are two passages ; one by the North , to sail to the latitude of 40 ° North , in order to get into the great west wind , which about that latitude blows ten months in 8.
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... Island , or Isla de Oro , or Santa Catalina , which forms the N.W. boundary of Caledonia Bay , is in lat . 8 ° 54 ′ 40 ′′ , and long . 77 ° 45 ′ 30 ′′ . The channel of Sassardi , also , extending from Caledonia Bay N.W. five miles , to ...
... Island , or Isla de Oro , or Santa Catalina , which forms the N.W. boundary of Caledonia Bay , is in lat . 8 ° 54 ′ 40 ′′ , and long . 77 ° 45 ′ 30 ′′ . The channel of Sassardi , also , extending from Caledonia Bay N.W. five miles , to ...
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... of ye Golden and adjacent island with part of ye Isthmus of Darien , as it was taken by Captain Jenefer , where ya Scots ' West India Company were settled , most humbly inscribed donia , is , strictly speaking , formed by the 25.
... of ye Golden and adjacent island with part of ye Isthmus of Darien , as it was taken by Captain Jenefer , where ya Scots ' West India Company were settled , most humbly inscribed donia , is , strictly speaking , formed by the 25.
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... islands , one of them Golden Island , lying before it , which make it an extraordinary good harbour . Golden Island is rocky and steep all round , except at the landing place on the South side , so that it is naturally fortified . The ...
... islands , one of them Golden Island , lying before it , which make it an extraordinary good harbour . Golden Island is rocky and steep all round , except at the landing place on the South side , so that it is naturally fortified . The ...
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... islands in this reach ; and on the west bank , a very large cuipo tree stands conspicuous , towering above the adjacent forest . From Matumaganti to the mouth of Lara , two miles , the river has a depth of four fathoms , and a rise of ...
... islands in this reach ; and on the west bank , a very large cuipo tree stands conspicuous , towering above the adjacent forest . From Matumaganti to the mouth of Lara , two miles , the river has a depth of four fathoms , and a rise of ...
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650 individuals Aglaseniqua America ANTONIO VELASQUEZ arrived Atlantic and Pacific Atrato bank Bogota bound in cloth Caledonia Bay canoes Cape Capt Captain Don Carolina Carreto Carthagena Chepo Choco Chuquanaqua climate coast Colonel Childs colonists colony commerce Company Concepcion Cullen Darien scheme depth Edward Cullen English establishment excellent feet forests formed Gisborne gold Government Granada Gulf of Darien Gulf of Fonseca Gulf of San harbour hills Indians Indies Island Isthmus of Darien Isthmus of Panama labourers land letter Limon Bay Majesty's Mandinga ments miles mouth navigation Nicaragua Canal Pacific Ocean Palm-leaves Panama passage Paterson plantains Port Escoscés Portobello Price Principe proposed provisions Putrigandi remain for service road route royal Sailed San Miguel Santa Maria Sassardi schooner Scotch Scotland Señora serjeants settlement Ship Canal shore Sir Charles Fox sloop soldiers South Spaniards Spanish Sucubti tide trade Tuyra Urruchurchu vessels wind Yavisa
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Page 144 - ... to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the interoceanic communications should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama.
Page 141 - The contracting parties further engage that when the said canal shall have been completed they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and "free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 140 - ... 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...
Page 140 - In order to secure the construction of the said canal, the contracting parties engage that if any such canal shall be undertaken upon fair and equitable terms by any parties having the authority of the local Government or Governments through whose territory the same may pass, then the persons employed in making the said canal, and their property used, or to be used, for that object, shall be protected, from the commencement of the said canal to its completion, by the Governments of the United States...
Page 144 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid 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...
Page 140 - ... with any State or people for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 212 - GRAMMAR, cloth bds., 5s. 6d. 48. Composition and Punctuation, familiarly Explained for those who have neglected the Study of Grammar. By JUSTIN BRENAN. i7th Edition. is. 6d. 49. Derivative Spelling-Book: Giving the Origin of Every Word from the Greek, Latin, Saxon, German, Teutonic, Dutch, French, Spanish, and other Languages ; with their present Acceptation and Pronunciation. By J.
Page 141 - Government, should deem that the persons. or company, undertaking or managing the same, adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic thereupon, as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this Convention,—either by making unfair discriminations in favor of the commerce of one of...
Page 139 - The Governments of Great Britain and the United States 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...
Page 143 - The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus...