The Pacific Ocean in History: Papers and Addresses Presented at the Panama-Pacific Historical Congress, Held at San Francisco, Berkeley and Palo Alto, California, July 19-23, 1915 |
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... chief features of the old and isolated Pacific Ocean of the era before the Canal was made . The meetings in San Francisco will generally be held at the Inside Inn , but it is expected that use will be made of other buildings of the ...
... chief features of the old and isolated Pacific Ocean of the era before the Canal was made . The meetings in San Francisco will generally be held at the Inside Inn , but it is expected that use will be made of other buildings of the ...
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... chief rivals were the Dutch merchants , and , after the Massacre of Amboyna in 1623 , a rough delimitation was made which left the English to found their trade and power in India , while the Dutch took the control of the Further East ...
... chief rivals were the Dutch merchants , and , after the Massacre of Amboyna in 1623 , a rough delimitation was made which left the English to found their trade and power in India , while the Dutch took the control of the Further East ...
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... chief agency the Acapulco galleon ( and it is to be hoped that the promised work of Mr. Schurz will make good progress in the matter concerning which there is much yet unpublished to be seen ) and of the other elements that go to make ...
... chief agency the Acapulco galleon ( and it is to be hoped that the promised work of Mr. Schurz will make good progress in the matter concerning which there is much yet unpublished to be seen ) and of the other elements that go to make ...
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... chief glory of the library of the University of California . But while the Regents of the University were induced to purchase the collection , and thus to make possible for the first time the study of California history from the ...
... chief glory of the library of the University of California . But while the Regents of the University were induced to purchase the collection , and thus to make possible for the first time the study of California history from the ...
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... chief , Ferrelo named the island Juan Rodríguez . Here rest the ashes of the great navigator who first discovered what we now know as Cali- fornia . Right loyally did Ferrelo carry out his dying chief's instructions . On January 19th ...
... chief , Ferrelo named the island Juan Rodríguez . Here rest the ashes of the great navigator who first discovered what we now know as Cali- fornia . Right loyally did Ferrelo carry out his dying chief's instructions . On January 19th ...
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Page 100 - That the Constitution, and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 109 - The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with the constitution of the United States or the constitution or laws of this State, is the rule of decision in all the courts of this State.
Page 135 - Commission is of the opinion that the most practicable and feasible route for an isthmian canal, to be under the control, management, and ownership of the United States, is that known as the Nicaragua route.
Page 134 - Whatever highway may be constructed across the barrier dividing the two greatest maritime areas of the world must be for the world's benefit, a trust for mankind, to be removed from the chance of domination by any single power, nor become a point of invitation for hostilities or a prize for warlike ambition.
Page 127 - If the work should ever be executed, so as to admit of the passage of sea vessels from ocean to ocean, the benefits of it ought not to be exclusively appropriated to any one nation, but should be extended to all parts of the globe, upon the payment of a just compensation, or reasonable tolls.
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Page 117 - Mary's, at some days' journey in the Great Basin; and thence, still on southeast, to the reputed Buenaventura river, which has had a place in so many maps, and countenanced the belief of the existence of a great river flowing from the Rocky mountains to the bay of San Francisco.
Page 259 - That the action of the President of the United States in creating the Philippine Commission and authorizing said Commission to exercise the powers of government to the extent and in the manner and form and subject to the regulation and control set forth in the instructions of the President to the Philippine Commission, dated April seventh, nineteen hundred, and in creating the offices of Civil...
Page 109 - That his excellency the Governor be requested to forward to each of our Senators...
Page 133 - and duty of the United States to assert and maintain such supervision and authority over any interoceanic canal across the isthmus that connects North and South America as will protect our national interests.