 Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India...  The North American Review - Page 7441896Full view - About this book
 | 1869 - 1168 pages
...Antilles," is situated midway between oui" southern coast and the island of St. Domingo, occupying a commanding position with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India, seas, and having a coast line of 2,000 miles. Its greatest length is 703 miles, in width it is 127, and with... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1887 - 866 pages
...the North American continent, and one of them (Cuba) almost in sight of our shores, from a multitnde of considerations has become an object of transcendent...population; its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of San Domingo; its safe and capacious harbor of the Havana, fronting a long line... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1887 - 726 pages
...position, are natural appendages to the North American continent; and one of them, Cuba, almost in sight ot our shores, from a multitude of considerations, has...commercial and political interests of our Union. Its commandins position, with reference to the gulf of Mexico and the West India seas; the cltaraet«r... | |
 | American Historical Association - 1894 - 626 pages
...minister to Spain, wrote that Cuba and Porto Rico were natural appendages to our continent, and Cuba had become "an object of transcendent importance to the...Its commanding position, with reference to the Gulf * See also John Quincy Adams' Diary, v, 38. of Mexico and the West India seas ; the character of its... | |
 | George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1894 - 480 pages
...minister to Spain, wrote that Cuba and Porto Rico were natural appendages to our continent, and Cuba had become " an object of transcendent importance to the...population; its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of San Domingo ; its safe and capacious harbor of the Havana, fronting a long... | |
 | American Historical Association - 1894 - 624 pages
...minister to Spain, wrote that Cuba and P«rto Rico were natural appendages to our continent, and Cuba had become " an object of transcendent importance to the...population; its situation midway between our Southern coast and the island of San Domingo; its safe and capacious harbor of the Havana, fronting a long line... | |
 | George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1894 - 528 pages
...minister to Spain, wrote that Cuba and Porto Rico were natural appendages to our continent, and Cuba had become " an object of transcendent importance to the...population ; its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of San Domingo ; its safe and capacious harbor of the Havana, fronting a long... | |
 | American Historical Association - 1894 - 632 pages
...minister to Spain, wrote that Cuba and Porto Rico were natural appendages to our continent, and Cuba had become " an object of transcendent importance to the...Its commanding position, with reference to the Gulf * See also Joliii Quiucy Adams' Diary, v, 38. of Mexico and the West India seas; the character of its... | |
 | John Guiteras - 1895 - 30 pages
...their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them (Cuba) almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...population; its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of San Domingo; its safe and capacious harbor of the Havana, fronting a long 16... | |
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