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Official History of the Discussion Between Venezuela and Great Britain on Their Guiana Boundaries
Official History of the Discussion Between Venezuela and Great Britain on Their Guiana Boundaries Author:Venezuela General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1896 Original Publisher: Franklin Printing and Publishing Subjects: Venezuela Guyana Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free... more » trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PART III. Extracts from the Instructions by the Venezuelan Government to Dr. Alejo Fortique, its Minister at London, September, 1841. [Translation.] Although Venezuela's rights in Guayana extended to the banks of the Essequibo, as you should show, this Government being anxious to remove all obstacles to a speedy adjustment, is not disposed to insist upon its rights to that extent, it being manifest that England will not agree to surrender her establishments on the Pumaron and Moroco rivers. You may, therefore, direct the course of your negotiations accordingly, making gradual concessions until an agreement can be had on the following line of boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana, viz. : The Moroco from its mouth to its headwaters in the Imataca mountains; thence southward along the highest ridge of these mountains to Tupuro creek; thence along the waters of said creek to the Cuyuni river; thence along the northern side of the Cuyuni to its confluence with the Essequibo ; and thence southward along the left bank of the Essequibo to its confluence with the Rupuruni as a terminus. Dr. Fortique to Lord Aberdeen. [Translation.] The undersigned, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Venezuela, has the honor to inform the Honorable Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs, that his Government, being informed of the appointment by Her Majesty's Government of a Commissioner to fix and mark the limits between British Guiana and Venezuela, proposed since the 28th of January ultimo, that a tre...« less