Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Case of the United States of Venezuela Before the Tribunal of Arbitration to Convene at Paris Under the Provisions of the Treaty ... |
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... reached in the afternoon , at 3 o'clock , the Coyuni [ this is elsewhere more correctly called by him Brazo , i . e . , Coyoni Pass , a stream connecting the Amacura with the Arature , and not to be confounded with the great Cuyuni ...
... reached in the afternoon , at 3 o'clock , the Coyuni [ this is elsewhere more correctly called by him Brazo , i . e . , Coyoni Pass , a stream connecting the Amacura with the Arature , and not to be confounded with the great Cuyuni ...
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... reached within a distance of eight miles by one of its tributary streams , the Meta , and operations of commerce or war , combined with others from the Pacific , could be carried on by means of the vasť plains or llanos . A small fleet ...
... reached within a distance of eight miles by one of its tributary streams , the Meta , and operations of commerce or war , combined with others from the Pacific , could be carried on by means of the vasť plains or llanos . A small fleet ...
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... reached the point where the waterway leaves the river and passes along a narrow itabbo , or artificial water - path , which connects the Moru- ka with the Waini River . This connecting passage is in all about 30 miles in length ; but ...
... reached the point where the waterway leaves the river and passes along a narrow itabbo , or artificial water - path , which connects the Moru- ka with the Waini River . This connecting passage is in all about 30 miles in length ; but ...
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... reaching the center of the Cuyuni basin from the Eng- lish settlements , and the ease with which the same point is reached from the Spanish Orinoco . He says : " This made me , as an Englishman , feel considerably mortified to think ...
... reaching the center of the Cuyuni basin from the Eng- lish settlements , and the ease with which the same point is reached from the Spanish Orinoco . He says : " This made me , as an Englishman , feel considerably mortified to think ...
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... reached the highest point of the range , 1,400 feet above sea level . On crossing this , a magnificent view burst upon us . Away below , as far as the eye could reach , stretched vast undulating plains of waving grass , dotted at ...
... reached the highest point of the range , 1,400 feet above sea level . On crossing this , a magnificent view burst upon us . Away below , as far as the eye could reach , stretched vast undulating plains of waving grass , dotted at ...
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abandoned aforesaid Amacura Amazon Appendix Arbitrators ARTÍCULO attempt banks Barima Point Berbice Blue Book boats boundary Britain British Government British Guiana Cajoeny Capuchin Caraibans Caribs century charter claim coast region Commandeur creek Cuyuni and Mazaruni Cuyuni river Cuyuni-Mazaruni basin Demerara disputed territory district Dutch Dutch colony Dutch trade Dutch West east Essequibo colony Essequibo river established Estados Unidos estates exclusive political control expedition French Georgetown Governor Gravesande Guayana Holland Honorable Indians Indies inhabitants interior island Kykoveral land letter Lord Lord Aberdeen Lordships lowest falls Majesty's Government Mazaruni rivers ment Moruca mouth nation Netherlands Orinoco delta plantations Pomeroon possession postholder present province quibo Raleigh remonstrance Rodway Santo Thomé savannas Schomburgk sent settled settlement slaves Spain Spaniards Spanish Spanish control Spanish missions States-General Surinam Thurn tion Treaty of Munster Tribunal Trinidad U. S. Commission Report United Venezuela Venezuelan Government Waini West India Company Zeeland
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Page 6 - Party shall have specified or alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive possession, without annexing a copy, such Party shall be bound, if the other Party thinks proper to apply for it, to furnish that Party with a copy thereof...
Page 8 - The decision of the Tribunal shall, if possible, be made within three months from the close of the argument on both sides. It shall be made in writing and dated, and shall be signed by the Arbitrators who may assent to it.
Page 1 - Who after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in...
Page 53 - Netherlands, with the exclusive privilege to traffic and plant colonies on the coast of Africa from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope ; on the coast of America, from the straits of Magellan to the remotest north.
Page 7 - ... deliver in duplicate to each of the said Arbitrators and to the agent of the other Party a written or printed argument showing the points and referring to the evidence upon which his Government relies...
Page 6 - Within four months after the delivery on both sides of the written or printed case, either party may, in like manner, deliver in duplicate to each of the said arbitrators, and to the agent of the other party, a counter case and additional documents, correspondence, and evidence, in reply to the case, documents, correspondence, and evidence so presented by the other party.
Page 227 - 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.
Page 9 - In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.