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Identifier: gateofpacific00pimb (find matches)
Title: The gate of the Pacific
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Pim, Bedford, 1826-1886
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Publisher: London : L. Reeve & co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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er Majesty and the Republic ofHonduras, respecting the Bay Islands, the Mosquito Indians, andthe Rights and Claims of British Subjects . . . . .412 IV. Extracts from an Official Report to the American Congress, on theCommunications between the Atlantic and Pacific .... 415 V. Extracts from Convention and Amended Charter of the AmericanAtlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company, 19th June, 1857, and ex-planatory articles respecting the same, 15th October, 1857 . . 428 ;rtps anfo Illustrations. —^—_ MAPS. Page 1. Central America to face 1 2. G-reytown Harbour 67 3. Delta of the River San Juan 254 4. Port Realejo 333 5. Gorgon Bay 340 6. Great Barrier Harbour 373 7. New Transit Route 394 ILLUSTRATIONS. 1. Preparing for the Iron Road to face Title 2. San Juan del Sur, 1.859 45 3. Gorgon Villa 96 4. Port of Realejo, 1859 133 5. Railway Bridge over the Chagres 201 6. Eastern Suburb of Panama 219 7. Plantation below Machuca Rapids 308 8. Eastern End of Gorgon Bay 327 9. Economic Railway 356
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a THE GATE OF THE PACIFIC CHAPTEE I. ENGLISH GOOD SETTLERS.—BEST MEANS OF SECURING THE ATTACHMENTOF COLONIES.—GENERAL OPPOSITION TO QUICK LOCOMOTION.—MONROEDOCTRINE.—PANAMA ROUTE NO HIGHWAY OF NATIONS.—POLITICALAND COMMERCIAL NECESSITY OF A NEW TRANSIT LINE THROUGHCENTRAL AMERICA.—COLONEL WALKER.—MY SURVEYS AND EXPLORA-TIONS.—GREYTOWN HARBOUR SILTING UP.—SURRENDER OF IMPOR-TANT RIGHTS.—ENDEAVOURS TO ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT LINE. The English seem to excel all other modern people infitness for colonization; and to their pioneering energymay be attributed the enormous increase of commerce,the rapid advance of civilization, and the spread of Chris-tianity; but it cannot be denied that in spite of thisnatural advantage the nation has been singularly un-happy in the management of its colonies, and profitedlittle by former trials or dearly-bought experience. When sanctioning the formation of a colony, the mother-country should regard it as a primary object to ensure the

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