The Republican

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the whole island became independent

in the early part of the present cen

tury; the Bahama islands came defi

nitely under British authority about

1783. Between 1810 and 1820 Chili, Ven

ezuela, Argentina and Paraguay

achieved their independence, and dur

ing the next decade (1820-1830) Mexico,

Ecuador. Guatemala, Nicaragua,Costa

Rica. Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Uru

guay threw off the Spanish yoke. Flor

ida was ceded by Spain to the United

States in 1821.

After an interval of nearly three

quarters of a century this curtailment

of Spanish colonial power is now about

to be completed in the conquest of

Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and

even one of the Ladroue islands by the

United States.

Cuba, Hayti and Puerto Rico form a

chain of islands having a general di

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rection, from Cuba, of east by south,

and separating the Caribbean sea

from the Atlantic ocean. Puerto Rico

is the easternmost and smallest of

these islands. It is traversed by the

eighteenth parallel, north latitude;

but, although wholly within the trop

ieal zone, the temperature rarely rises

above 97 degrees, owing to the prevail

ing northeast winds. The latitude is

aibout the same as that of Bombay and

northern Luzon in the Philippine

islands. Puerto Rico's latitude (66 de

grees west of Greenwich) brings the

island about one degree further east

than the extreme easternmost point

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Republican. (1898). Oakland, Md., 1898-09-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88065202/1898-09-08/ed-1/?sp=7

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Republican, 1898-09-08.