The Nicaragua Canal and the Monroe Doctrine: A Political History of Isthmus Transit, with Special Reference to the Nicaragua Canal Project and the Attitude of the United States Government Thereto

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G. P. Putnam, 1896 - 622 páginas
 

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The Forces Back of this Movement
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The Mercantile System
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FifteenthCentury Voyages of Discovery
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The Discoveries of Columbus and his Contemporaries
30
The Popes Bull and the Treaty of Tordesillas
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The New World Thought to be an Island
34
Spanish Colonial Expeditions to the Northwest
36
The Discovery of the West Coast of South America
42
45 Events in Central America during the Period of the Great Continental Struggle in Europe
45
Scientific Interest in the Transit Problem
46
Spanish Governmental Surveys across Tehuantepec Renewed Interest in the Nicaraguan Route
47
49 The Spanish Military Road across the Caledonian Route
49
Von Humboldts Investigations along the Isthmus
50
The Decree of the Spanish Cortes
51
CHAPTER II
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Independent Action of the Several States in Regard to
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CHAPTER III
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CHAPTER IV
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The Effect of the Seven Years War upon the English Settle
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PART TWO PAGE
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The Treaty of Versailles 1783
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PROJECT A PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKING UNDER GOVERNMENTAL GUARANTIES CHAPTER VI
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THE MONROE DOCTRINE 52 The Growth of Individualism in Europe 53 The United States as a New Factor in the Canal Problem 54 SpanishAme...
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The Panama Mission
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CHAPTER VII
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President Jacksons Policy towards the Transit Question 61 The Petition to Congress and the Stephens Reconnaissance 62 The Breaking up of the Cen...
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Canal
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Louis Philippes Canal Project
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Louis Napoleons Interest in the Transit Question
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CHAPTER VIII
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The English Settlers and the Mosquito Indians
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The English Claim to the Costa Rican Shore
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Objections on the Part of the SpanishAmerican States
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The Seizure of the San Juan
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Página 597 - Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said shipcanal; agreeing that neither will ever 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...
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Página 131 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Página 598 - 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.
Página 131 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe ; our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cisatlantic affairs.
Página 371 - An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus will essentially change the geographical relations between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and between the United States and the rest of the world.
Página 596 - States guarantee positively and efficaciously to New Granada, by the present stipulation, 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.
Página 595 - The United States of America and the Republic of New Granada, desiring to make as durable as possible the relations which are to be established between the two parties by virtue of this treaty, have declared solemnly, and do agree to the following points: 1st.
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Página 597 - It being desirable that no time should be unnecessarily lost in commencing and constructing the said canal, the governments of the United States and Great Britain determine to give their support and encouragement to such persons or company as may first offer to commence the same, with the necessary capital, the consent of the local authorities, and on such principles as accord with the spirit and intention of this convention...

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