The Fight for the Panama Route: The Story of the Spooner Act and the Hay-Herrán Treaty |
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... capital of $ 250,000,000 . Actual construction was to be carried on through a subsidiary firm with a paid - in capital of only $ 6,000,000 . Ground was broken in Oc- tober , 1889 , and for over three years the work went forward , though ...
... capital of $ 250,000,000 . Actual construction was to be carried on through a subsidiary firm with a paid - in capital of only $ 6,000,000 . Ground was broken in Oc- tober , 1889 , and for over three years the work went forward , though ...
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... capital of the New Company was about $ 12,000,000 , most of it subscribed by those accused of malefactions connected with the defunct de Lesseps venture on the understanding that the charges against them would be dismissed . " Of the ...
... capital of the New Company was about $ 12,000,000 , most of it subscribed by those accused of malefactions connected with the defunct de Lesseps venture on the understanding that the charges against them would be dismissed . " Of the ...
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... capital was the " Athens of South America . " Yet , unlike its classical proto- type , Bogotá was very much limited in its contacts with outside . people and ideas . The most unfortunate result of this circum- stance was a tendency ...
... capital was the " Athens of South America . " Yet , unlike its classical proto- type , Bogotá was very much limited in its contacts with outside . people and ideas . The most unfortunate result of this circum- stance was a tendency ...
Contents
FROM COLUMBUS TO MCKINLEY | 3 |
THE COLOMBIAN BACKGROUND | 33 |
THE BATTLE OF THE ROUTES | 75 |
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