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... Costa Rican consular and diplomatic representative in France , and a writer of no little ability3 obtained from Costa Rica the grant of a great tract of land for colonization purposes . By Article I of the contract , " Mr. Gabriel ...
... Costa Rican consular and diplomatic representative in France , and a writer of no little ability3 obtained from Costa Rica the grant of a great tract of land for colonization purposes . By Article I of the contract , " Mr. Gabriel ...
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... Costa Rican route , " soon practicable , " would be preferable to the five - or - six - month trip from France to California around Cape Horn at a cost of 800 to 900 francs . It would also be preferable to other Isthmian routes , since ...
... Costa Rican route , " soon practicable , " would be preferable to the five - or - six - month trip from France to California around Cape Horn at a cost of 800 to 900 francs . It would also be preferable to other Isthmian routes , since ...
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... Costa Rica for a new con- cession.22 In any case , the writer has not found the decree by which the time limits were said to have been extended . Meanwhile , by his own account , Lafond , as the Costa Rican Minis- ter to France , was ...
... Costa Rica for a new con- cession.22 In any case , the writer has not found the decree by which the time limits were said to have been extended . Meanwhile , by his own account , Lafond , as the Costa Rican Minis- ter to France , was ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
Selected Abstracts Reprinted from Report of the AtlanticPacific Interoceanic Canal | 15 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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