The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories on the North-west Coast of North America, from Their Discovery to the Present Day: Accompanied by a Geographical View of Those Countries, and a Number of Documents as Proofs and Illustrations of the Historyauthor, 1847 - 491 من الصفحات |
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... Northern Passages between the Atlantic and the Pacific , 326 — ) Death of Tamahamaha , and Introduction of Christianity into the Sandwich Islands , 329 . CHAPTER XVI . 1820 TO 1828 . Bill reported by a Committee of the House of ...
... Northern Passages between the Atlantic and the Pacific , 326 — ) Death of Tamahamaha , and Introduction of Christianity into the Sandwich Islands , 329 . CHAPTER XVI . 1820 TO 1828 . Bill reported by a Committee of the House of ...
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... northern continent , as through the southern , in a line generally parallel with the shore of the Pacific , and much nearer to that sea than to the Atlantic . Under the 40th degree of latitude , where the western section of America is ...
... northern continent , as through the southern , in a line generally parallel with the shore of the Pacific , and much nearer to that sea than to the Atlantic . Under the 40th degree of latitude , where the western section of America is ...
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... northern extremity of the Californian Gulf . The sources of the Platte , and those of the Green River , the largest head - water of the Colorado , are situated at opposite ends of a cleft , or transverse valley , in the Rocky Mountains ...
... northern extremity of the Californian Gulf . The sources of the Platte , and those of the Green River , the largest head - water of the Colorado , are situated at opposite ends of a cleft , or transverse valley , in the Rocky Mountains ...
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... northern- most shores of the Pacific , and particularly in the islands between the two continents , intermingled with the Tchukski , the aborigines of north- ernmost Asia . The remainder of the Pacific section , and , indeed , of the ...
... northern- most shores of the Pacific , and particularly in the islands between the two continents , intermingled with the Tchukski , the aborigines of north- ernmost Asia . The remainder of the Pacific section , and , indeed , of the ...
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... northern portion of the Columbia , Frazer's River , and the southern division of the North- West Archipelago , to Great Britain . The long dispute , with regard to the possession of the countries on the north - west side of North ...
... northern portion of the Columbia , Frazer's River , and the southern division of the North- West Archipelago , to Great Britain . The long dispute , with regard to the possession of the countries on the north - west side of North ...
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الصفحة 395 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to, the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas...
الصفحة 478 - But, if the source of the Arkansas River shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea...
الصفحة 480 - 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 ; from this last-mentioned point the line of demarcation shall follow the sum•mit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude...
الصفحة 480 - ... from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
الصفحة 478 - ... to the degree of latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo of Natchitoches, or Red river; then, following, the course of the Rio' Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London...
الصفحة 307 - All territory, places and possessions whatsoever taken by either party from the other during the War, or which may be taken after the signing of this Treaty excepting only the Islands hereinafter mentioned shall be restored without delay...
الصفحة 335 - 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.
الصفحة 403 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open...
الصفحة 403 - Mountains, now commonly called the Oregon Territory, should, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be "free and open" to the vessels, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers...
الصفحة 281 - ... the said point due north or south, as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude, and from the point of such intersection due west along and with the said parallel, shall be the line of demarcation between the territories of the United States...