Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Printed Argument on Behalf of the United States of Venezuela Before the Tribunal of Arbitration, Bände 1-2Evening Post Job Printing House, 1898 - 765 Seiten |
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... century , charters were granted and settlements established by Spain in various parts of South America , the city of Cumaná , a short distance to the west of the Orinoco , being one of the most ancient . In 1530 , a grant of Guiana was ...
... century , charters were granted and settlements established by Spain in various parts of South America , the city of Cumaná , a short distance to the west of the Orinoco , being one of the most ancient . In 1530 , a grant of Guiana was ...
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... century , the last and most important of them being that of Antonio de Berrio , which started in 1582 from Santa Fé , the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada , and proceeded down the Meta and the Orinoco , finally establishing ...
... century , the last and most important of them being that of Antonio de Berrio , which started in 1582 from Santa Fé , the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada , and proceeded down the Meta and the Orinoco , finally establishing ...
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... century there were over thirty such settlements in this quarter , most of them conducted by Spanish missionaries . There were also important towns , such as Upata and Tupuquen . Great numbers of Indians established themselves with the ...
... century there were over thirty such settlements in this quarter , most of them conducted by Spanish missionaries . There were also important towns , such as Upata and Tupuquen . Great numbers of Indians established themselves with the ...
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... century as a founda- tion for British territorial claims . It states ( p . 108 ) : " Moreover , there has been nothing to prevent the extension of British settlement and control if the regions into which such extension was made were at ...
... century as a founda- tion for British territorial claims . It states ( p . 108 ) : " Moreover , there has been nothing to prevent the extension of British settlement and control if the regions into which such extension was made were at ...
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... century , it can hardly be said to be open to discussion now . The question whether territory in a given locality is open to colonization is a question of fact , depending upon whether that territory has been so occupied by any ...
... century , it can hardly be said to be open to discussion now . The question whether territory in a given locality is open to colonization is a question of fact , depending upon whether that territory has been so occupied by any ...
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Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Printed Argument ..., Band 2 Venezuela Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1898 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abandoned acquired acts actual settlement adverse holding adverse possession Agreement of 1850 Amacura Arbitrators asserted authorities Barima Point Barima-Waini boundary line Britain British claim British Government British Guiana Caribs cession charter coast territory colonists colony Commandeur Company's Creek Cuyuni River Director-General disputed territory district dominion Dutch Dutch claim Dutch settlement Essequibo established evidence exercise extend fact falls frontier Governor grant Guayana Indians interior international law island jurisdiction land letter limits Lord Aberdeen Lord Salisbury Majesty's Government Massaruni ment miles mission Moruca mouth nation Netherlands Orinoco party period plantations Pomeroon possession Postholder principle proposed question quibo reason reference region rule Santo Thome savanna says Schomburgk Line settle settlers sion slaves sovereignty Spain Spaniards Spanish statement Storm subjects Surinam terra nullius territory in dispute tion title by discovery trade Treaty of Munster tribes Tribunal tributaries V. C. II Venezuela Venezuelan Government Waini West India Company whole
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Seite 597 - This principle was that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects, or by whose authority, it was made, against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession...
Seite 280 - The usage of the world is, if a nation be not entirely subdued, to consider the holding of conquered territory as a mere military occupation, until its fate shall be determined at the treaty of peace. If it be ceded by the treaty, the acquisition is confirmed, and the ceded territory becomes a part of the nation to which it is annexed, either on the terms stipulated in the treaty of cession, or on such as its new master shall impose.
Seite 189 - But, as they were all in pursuit of nearly the same object, it was necessary, in order to avoid conflicting settlements, and consequent war with each other, to establish a principle which all should acknowledge as the law by which the rights of acquisition, which they all asserted, should be regulated as between themselves.
Seite 242 - Netherlands or from any place outside them, to sail upon or to trade with the coasts and lands of Africa, from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope...
Seite 32 - The tribunal shall investigate and ascertain the extent of the territories belonging to or that might lawfully be claimed by the United Netherlands or by the Kingdom of Spain, respectively, at the time of the acquisition by Great Britain of the Colony of British Guiana — and shall determine the boundary line between the Colony of British Guiana and the United States of Venezuela.
Seite 280 - The sovereignty of the United States over the territory was, of course, suspended, and the laws of the United States could no longer be rightfully enforced there, or be obligatory upon the inhabitants who remained and submitted to the conquerors. By the surrender the inhabitants passed under a temporary allegiance to the British government, and were bound by such laws, and such only, as it chose to recognize and impose.
Seite lii - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Seite 190 - So early as the year 1496 her monarch granted a commission to the Cabots to discover countries then unknown to Christian people, and to take possession of them in the name of the king of England. Two years afterwards, Cabot proceeded on this voyage, and discovered the continent of North America, along which he sailed as far south as Virginia. To this discovery the English trace their title. In this first effort made by the English government to acquire territory on this continent we perceive a complete...
Seite 36 - Adverse holding or prescription during a period of fifty years shall make a good title. The arbitrators may deem exclusive political control of a district, as well as actual settlement thereof, sufficient to constitute adverse holding or to make title by prescription.
Seite 739 - Consider what the consequence would be if " lands of this description were not considered as appendant " to the main land, and as comprised within the bounds of " territory. If they do not belong to the United States of " America, any other Power might occupy them ; they might " be embanked and fortified. What a thorn would this be in