Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, 21. köideAmerican Geographical Society of New York, 1889 |
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... Canal , 1885 ; Contributions to the Natural His- tory of Alaska , vols . 2 and 3 ; Reconnoissance in Alaska ; Edu- cation in Alaska , Washington , 1886-1888 ; Report of Supt . Coast and Geodetic Survey , 1886 , Washington , 1887 ...
... Canal , 1885 ; Contributions to the Natural His- tory of Alaska , vols . 2 and 3 ; Reconnoissance in Alaska ; Edu- cation in Alaska , Washington , 1886-1888 ; Report of Supt . Coast and Geodetic Survey , 1886 , Washington , 1887 ...
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... Canal , by Rogers . Volumes bound during the year : Colección de Documentos Inéditos relativos al Descubrimiento , Conquista y Organización de las Antiguas Posesiones Españolas de América y Oceanía , etc. , vols . 1-42 ( 2 vols . in 1 ) ...
... Canal , by Rogers . Volumes bound during the year : Colección de Documentos Inéditos relativos al Descubrimiento , Conquista y Organización de las Antiguas Posesiones Españolas de América y Oceanía , etc. , vols . 1-42 ( 2 vols . in 1 ) ...
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... canal on the north bank . This San Juanillo will receive further attention later on . Just below the mouth of the Sarapiquí we have an- other fine view of El Gigante . Above the mouth of the Sarapiquí the stream is very much contracted ...
... canal on the north bank . This San Juanillo will receive further attention later on . Just below the mouth of the Sarapiquí we have an- other fine view of El Gigante . Above the mouth of the Sarapiquí the stream is very much contracted ...
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... canal from the San Juan , it bends away to the north . The San Juanillo may always have been an independent stream , but peculiar features of drainage and topography in that vicinity have suggested the idea that the above - mentioned ...
... canal from the San Juan , it bends away to the north . The San Juanillo may always have been an independent stream , but peculiar features of drainage and topography in that vicinity have suggested the idea that the above - mentioned ...
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... Canal -at ten marine leagues distance from the coast . Let the territory drained by branches coming into the rivers seaward by this point ( to be shown by a permanent monument ) belong to the United States ; that drained . by streams ...
... Canal -at ten marine leagues distance from the coast . Let the territory drained by branches coming into the rivers seaward by this point ( to be shown by a permanent monument ) belong to the United States ; that drained . by streams ...
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Page 263 - ... degree of west longitude, shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 262 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of West longitude (Meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the North along the Channel called Portland Channel, as far as the Point of the Continent where it strikes the 56th degree of North latitude...
Page 263 - ... degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
Page 262 - The line of demarcation between the possessions of the high contracting parties, upon the coast of the continent, and the islands of America to the northwest, shall be drawn...
Page ii - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Page 262 - ... point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude, (of the same meridian;) and finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen ocean.
Page 262 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Page 263 - ... at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of ten marine leagues therefrom.
Page lxviii - Angell in the chair. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with.