Cuba and Her People of To-day: An Account of the History and Progress of the Island Previous to Its Independence; a Description of Its Physical Features; a Study of Its People; And, in Particular, an Examination of Its Present Political Conditions, Its Industries, Natural Resources, and Prospects; Together with Information and Suggestions Designed to Aid the Prospective Investor Or SettlerI.C. Page, 1911 - 329 pages |
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... Land . Norway : Its Peoples , 3.00 • 3.00 Its Fjords and Its Fjelds BY WILL S. MONROE Turkey and the Turks BY WILL S. MONROE · 3.00 • 3.00 3.00 • · 3.00 Sicily , the Garden of the Mediterranean BY WILL S. MONROE In Wildest Africa BY ...
... Land . Norway : Its Peoples , 3.00 • 3.00 Its Fjords and Its Fjelds BY WILL S. MONROE Turkey and the Turks BY WILL S. MONROE · 3.00 • 3.00 3.00 • · 3.00 Sicily , the Garden of the Mediterranean BY WILL S. MONROE In Wildest Africa BY ...
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... Land . Norway : Its Peoples , Its Fjords and Its Fjelds · BY WILL S. MONROE Turkey and the Turks 3.00 3.00 BY WILL S. MONROE Sicily , the Garden of the Mediterranean . 3.00 BY WILL S. MONROE In Wildest Africa BY PETER MACQUEEN L. C. ...
... Land . Norway : Its Peoples , Its Fjords and Its Fjelds · BY WILL S. MONROE Turkey and the Turks 3.00 3.00 BY WILL S. MONROE Sicily , the Garden of the Mediterranean . 3.00 BY WILL S. MONROE In Wildest Africa BY PETER MACQUEEN L. C. ...
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... land , little more than one hundred miles across in its broadest portion and only about twenty miles at its narrowest . From Cape Maisi to Cape San Antonio the length of the outer coast line is seven hundred and thirty miles . In the ab ...
... land , little more than one hundred miles across in its broadest portion and only about twenty miles at its narrowest . From Cape Maisi to Cape San Antonio the length of the outer coast line is seven hundred and thirty miles . In the ab ...
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... land between the bight of the Broa and Bahia de Cochinos is entirely occupied by the great Zapata swamp , which has an area of more than two hundred square miles . It is an almost impenetrable tropical jungle of the densest vegetation ...
... land between the bight of the Broa and Bahia de Cochinos is entirely occupied by the great Zapata swamp , which has an area of more than two hundred square miles . It is an almost impenetrable tropical jungle of the densest vegetation ...
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... land - locked harbors . Their extraordinary lake - like forma- tion has been the subject of many more or less fanciful explanations . The following state- ment of Dr. C. W. Hayes , of the U. S. Geolog- ical Survey , seems to fully ...
... land - locked harbors . Their extraordinary lake - like forma- tion has been the subject of many more or less fanciful explanations . The following state- ment of Dr. C. W. Hayes , of the U. S. Geolog- ical Survey , seems to fully ...
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acres agricultural American Bayamo Camaguey cane Cape San Antonio capital cent century Cienfuegos City coast colonies commercial companies Congress considerable convention cost coun crop Cuba's Cuban cultivation Customs Tariff districts dollars effect exports extensive factory farming force foreign former fruit government of Cuba greater guajiro Habana harbors hundred imported increase independence insurgents iron Isle of Pines JIGUANI labor land leaf less Maceo manufacture Manzanillo Matanzas ment miles mill mineral mines mountainous native negro Nipe Bay occupation Office period Pinar del Rio plant plantations planter political population ports pounds present President profit proportion PROVINCE OF ORIENTE railroad railway rates of duty Republic of Cuba result Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba shipped soil or industry Spain Spaniards Spanish STREET sugar supply tain thousand tion To-day BY NEVIN tobacco trade treaty United Vuelta Abajo
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Page 282 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and...
Page 297 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 296 - That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defence, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Page 297 - And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the...
Page 296 - That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the; sanitation of the cities of the island...
Page 283 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the President of the United States...
Page 284 - Cuba, and so long as the said convention shall remain in force, all articles of merchandise being the product of the soil or industry of the Republic of Cuba, which are now imported into the United States free of duty, shall continue to be so admitted...
Page 291 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, 302 Appendices property, and individual liberty...
Page 274 - During the term of this convention, all articles of merchandise being the product of the soil or industry of the United States...
Page 292 - VI. That the Isle of Pines shall be omitted from the proposed constitutional boundaries of Cuba, the title thereto being left to future adjustment by treaty. "VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof...