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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... ship , Professor William Dallam Armes , of the University of Cali- fornia , read a paper on " The Republic of California " at the same session . At the meeting of the New Mexico Historical Society Professor Altamira y Crevea of the ...
... ship , Professor William Dallam Armes , of the University of Cali- fornia , read a paper on " The Republic of California " at the same session . At the meeting of the New Mexico Historical Society Professor Altamira y Crevea of the ...
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... ships entered the port of Malacca , and thus ap- proached the Pacific Ocean from the East . In 1511 , Affonso de Alboquerque took possession of the city of Malacca and during the next six years the Portuguese not only explored the Spice ...
... ships entered the port of Malacca , and thus ap- proached the Pacific Ocean from the East . In 1511 , Affonso de Alboquerque took possession of the city of Malacca and during the next six years the Portuguese not only explored the Spice ...
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... ships and men , and led to the first circumnavigation of the globe , with which deed is connected the name of the Spaniard , Elcano . But the day when these three glorious names , that everyone knows , and a few more of like celebrity ...
... ships and men , and led to the first circumnavigation of the globe , with which deed is connected the name of the Spaniard , Elcano . But the day when these three glorious names , that everyone knows , and a few more of like celebrity ...
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... ships in California History , and you who subscribed , do not know , cannot know , will not know the greatness of the work you have begun . In other States of the Union , there are subsidized historical societies . The State of ...
... ships in California History , and you who subscribed , do not know , cannot know , will not know the greatness of the work you have begun . In other States of the Union , there are subsidized historical societies . The State of ...
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... ships on the first voyage and the logs of the ships upon the other voyages , with all the accompanying history of Spain - the struggle and triumph at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella , the disputes before the councils of the nobles ...
... ships on the first voyage and the logs of the ships upon the other voyages , with all the accompanying history of Spain - the struggle and triumph at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella , the disputes before the councils of the nobles ...
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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.
Page 288 - The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, and such principal streams of it as, by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado, or any other river, may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across the continent, for the purposes of commerce.
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.