British Guiana Boundary: Arbitration with the United States of Venezuela. The Counter-case on Behalf of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty [and Appendix], Volume 1 |
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... existence of such a Spanish title . It is perfectly easy to understand the true 35 meaning of the words above cited . Prior to the British App . I , p . 117 . British Counter- date of the Treaty the Dutch had repeatedly Case , App . , p ...
... existence of such a Spanish title . It is perfectly easy to understand the true 35 meaning of the words above cited . Prior to the British App . I , p . 117 . British Counter- date of the Treaty the Dutch had repeatedly Case , App . , p ...
Page 63
... existence of a few months , had been abandoned and forgotten , the Indians there claiming to be Spanish , and little or no thought was given to that region . " The only posts west of the Essequibo were those on 15 the Wacupo and the ...
... existence of a few months , had been abandoned and forgotten , the Indians there claiming to be Spanish , and little or no thought was given to that region . " The only posts west of the Essequibo were those on 15 the Wacupo and the ...
Page 65
... purchase provisions in the Waini is gravely put forward as negativing the existence of any trade in this quarter . On p . 95 of the Venezuelan Case the sugges 50 tion is made that Dutch jurisdiction in the Pomeroon region p . 95 . 65.
... purchase provisions in the Waini is gravely put forward as negativing the existence of any trade in this quarter . On p . 95 of the Venezuelan Case the sugges 50 tion is made that Dutch jurisdiction in the Pomeroon region p . 95 . 65.
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... existence of " Dutch Plantations " upon the Apongara and Cosacuro ( Ekereku ) , near the mouth of the Curumo , was specifically admitted by the Spanish authorities 45 when they were proposing to erect a Post on the latter river . The ...
... existence of " Dutch Plantations " upon the Apongara and Cosacuro ( Ekereku ) , near the mouth of the Curumo , was specifically admitted by the Spanish authorities 45 when they were proposing to erect a Post on the latter river . The ...
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... existence of war and the character of the Governors . This fact is frequently men- 25 tioned , and need only be briefly illustrated . In 1731 the Commandeur wrote that " the trade to be done with the Spaniards in Rio Orinoco cannot be ...
... existence of war and the character of the Governors . This fact is frequently men- 25 tioned , and need only be briefly illustrated . In 1731 the Commandeur wrote that " the trade to be done with the Spaniards in Rio Orinoco cannot be ...
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Akawoi alleged Amakuru Arakaka Article bank Baramani Barima River Britain British App British Counter British Guiana Capuchin Caribs Chapter deals cited claim coast region Commandeur Counter-Case Curumo Cuyuni Cuyuni River Cuyuni-Mazaruni Basin deals with Chapter Demerara documents Dutch Dutch Post east eighteenth century English Essequibo River established evidence exclusive political control exercised exclusive political extended fact French gold Governor Guayana Imataka Inciarte Indians Indies interior itabos jurisdiction Kijkoveral King of Spain land Majesty's Government mandeur Massaruni Mazaruni Mazaruni Rivers ment Missions Morawhana Moruka Mount Everard mouth nation North-Western District occupation Orinoco and Essequibo Orinoco River passage period plantations Pomeroon possession Postholder quibo raid referred Remonstrance reported Santo Thomé savannahs Schomburgk line settlement slaves Spaniards Spanish Spanish control Spanish Government statement States-General station suggested tion trade Treaty of Münster Upper Essequibo Uruan Vene Venezuelan App Venezuelan Proposition Waini Wakepo West India Company whole zuelan
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Page 141 - 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.
Page 131 - Art, at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries...
Page 136 - Adverse holding or prescription during a period of fifty years shall make a good title. The Arbitratorsmay 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 135 - Discovery, when accompanied by public claim of sovereignty, and followed by reduction to possession, confers a complete title. 3. The material occupation of a part of a tract of land in the name of the whole, by the nation which first discovered and explored said tract, is constructively an occupation of the whole.
Page 39 - And as to the West Indies, the subjects and inhabitants of the Kingdoms, Provinces, and Lands of the said Lords, the King and States respectively, shall forbear sailing to, and trading in any of the harbours, places, forts, lodgments or castles, and all others possessed by the one or the other Party, viz. the subjects of the said Lord the King shall not sail to, or trade in those held and possessed by the said Lords and States...
Page 44 - Princes who owe him no obedience, or to make 40 that New World as it were a fief for the Spaniard and clothe him with possession : and that only on the ground that Spaniards have touched here and there, have erected shelters, have given names to a river or promontory ; acts which cannot confer...
Page 39 - States respectively shall remain in possession of and enjoy such lordships, towns, castles, fortresses, commerce and lands in the East and West Indies as also in Brazil and on the coasts of Asia, Africa, and America respectively as the above-mentioned Lords, the King and States respectively hold and possess...
Page 75 - Spaniards are of no avail, and no redress is obtainable, I intend to tell the Chiefs of the Indians when they come to me, that I can provide no redress for them, and that they must take measures for their own security. Then I feel assured that in a short time no Spaniard will be visible any more above in Cuyuni.
Page 64 - It is stated on p. 93 of the Venezuelan Case that there is no record of any attempt on the part of the Dutch to trade to Barima during this 10 period, and a note on the same page states that the French seem to have maintained for years their alliance with the Barima Caribs against the Dutch. This is absolutely contrary to the facts, as they appear beyond all question from the evidence. 15 The alliance between the French and the Barima Caribs, which commenced in...
Page 142 - River; runs thence southward along the mid-channel of said river to its junction with the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers ; thence around the Island of Kykoveral, leaving said island to the...