The Tehuantepec Railway: Its Location, Features, and Advantages Under the La Sere Grant of 1869D. Appleton, 1869 - 161 páginas |
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... plains of Chivela , a distance of 24 miles , rising in that distance 410 feet , or a mean rise of 17 feet per mile , with no grade of over 25 feet per mile . Still following a branch of the Almaloya ( the Otate ) , it crosses the ...
... plains of Chivela , a distance of 24 miles , rising in that distance 410 feet , or a mean rise of 17 feet per mile , with no grade of over 25 feet per mile . Still following a branch of the Almaloya ( the Otate ) , it crosses the ...
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... plain , the entire globe as far as known in 1500. There is a broad green border above and beyond the Ganges , showing that the northeast of Asia is terra incognita . But La Cosa had the same authorities up to the Polisacus river and bay ...
... plain , the entire globe as far as known in 1500. There is a broad green border above and beyond the Ganges , showing that the northeast of Asia is terra incognita . But La Cosa had the same authorities up to the Polisacus river and bay ...
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... plains ; the second , comprising the more elevated or mountainous districts in the central parts ; and the third , including the level country bordering the ocean on the south , and known as the Pacific plains . The first division ...
... plains ; the second , comprising the more elevated or mountainous districts in the central parts ; and the third , including the level country bordering the ocean on the south , and known as the Pacific plains . The first division ...
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... plains , which form the third or southern division . These plains average about twenty miles in breadth , from the base of the mountains to the Pacific coast , and descend to the lagoons at an inclination varying from ten to fifteen ...
... plains , which form the third or southern division . These plains average about twenty miles in breadth , from the base of the mountains to the Pacific coast , and descend to the lagoons at an inclination varying from ten to fifteen ...
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... plains they offer almost unlimited sources of water power , which at many points may be made available for sawing lumber or for other purposes . The Bay of Ventosa is formed by an indentation in the coast , and the projection of the ...
... plains they offer almost unlimited sources of water power , which at many points may be made available for sawing lumber or for other purposes . The Bay of Ventosa is formed by an indentation in the coast , and the projection of the ...
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Acayucan accionistas Almaloya America año ARTICLE artículo Asia Cabot camino Cape caso Cathay Cerro Chivela coast Columbus commerce compañía concesion construction Cortes Cruz cual Cuba derechos dicha directors discoveries distance Don Emilio east Emilio La Sère Estado explored feet freight fuerza geographers Goatzacoalcos River Gobierno Government of Mexico grant Gulf Gulf of Mexico HARGOUS HENRY STANTON Huatulco Indians Indies inhabitants interoceanic islands Isthmus of Tehuantepec Istmo Jaltepec Juan Juchitan La-Sère lado land leagues maps Marco Polo Mexican miles Minatitlan Moluccas muelles navigation ningun obligacion Pacific Ocean Panama pany pasageros passage passengers podrá port portion Portuguese present railroad Republic of Mexico República route Sarabia seal SELLO Sère Company sesenta shareholders SIMON STEVENS Spain Spanish strait Straits of Magellan Tarifa Tehuan Tehuantepec Railway Company Tehuantepec River telegraph tepec thence tion trade United Ventosa Vera Cruz Vespucci vessels voyage York
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Página 58 - ... instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the board of directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
Página 27 - Sere, to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein mentioned.
Página xiv - C. Presidente de la República se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue: «BENITO JUÁREZ, Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, á todos sus habitantes, sabed: Que en uso de las amplias facultades de que me hallo investido, he tenido á bien decretar lo siguiente: Art. 1°...
Página 40 - ... in all their limbs: they have good complexions, narrow foreheads, black eyes, clean, firm, regular, white teeth, thick, black, coarse, glossy hair, thin beards, and generally no hair upon their legs, thighs, and arms. Their skin is of an olive colour. There is scarcely a nation, perhaps...
Página 22 - Por tanto, mando se imprima, publique, circule y se le dé el debido cumplimiento. — Palacio del Gobierno nacional en México, á 3 de Noviembre de 1870. — Benito Juárez. — Al C. Lie. José María Iglesias, Ministro de Justicia e instrucción pública.
Página 32 - ... for the first thousand feet, two feet increase per hundred feet, and about six inches per hundred feet for the following thousand feet. The greatest difference that has been observed in the level of the water was six and a half feet. Besides the variable winds, which are rather light, and the land and sea breezes of the morning and evening, two prevalent winds, the north-northeast and south-southwest winds, reign during a great portion of the year on the southern coast of the Isthmus. The first...
Página 32 - Cordillera, which* under different denominations, extends, almost without interruption, the entire length of the two Americas,, traverses the country from east to west ; but instead of those lofty volcanic peaks, which constitute so striking a feature of extensive portions of this gigantic chain of mountains, there is a sudden depression of the range in its passage across this Isthmus, the continuity of the chain being nearly broken at a point directly in the line of shortest communication between...
Página 68 - ... Ganges, from the days of Moses, Alexander, and Aristotle, to say nothing of the geographers Pomponius Mela, Strabo and Ptolemy, was deemed the land of promise, the abode of luxury, the source of wealth, and the home of the spices ; but the routes of commerce thither, via Venice and Genoa, by the Red Sea, Egypt, the Nile, Arabia, Asia Minor, the Black and Caspian Seas, through Persia and Tartary, were one by one being closed to Christians. The profits of the overland carrying trade were mostly...
Página 26 - to the south ! to the south ! for the great and exceeding riches of the equinoxial ; they that seek riches must not go unto the cold and frozen north." The whole story is comprehended in Martyr's sentence. North America, by the Spaniards, was never considered of any consequence of itself, and was regarded only as a barrier...
Página 66 - The sources from whence this income would be gathered are twofold, viz., the through and the way traffic ; which latter, though apparently insignificant, would be found more important than might be imagined. If we look at the map of the American continent, it will be seen that the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is the most favorable point at which an inter-oceanic communication can be established, whether we consider it in reference to the United States alone, or to the American, European, and Asiatic countries....