 ... vain did the inhabitants, after the departure of the English, remove the Mosquito flag ; the English returned, forced their way up the San Juan into Lake Nicaragua, and forced a recognition of their claims under the walls of Granada. The American...  Remarkable Adventurers and Unrevealed Mysteries - Seite 271von Sir Lascelles Wraxall - 1863Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1862 - 688 Seiten
...claims under the walls of Granada. The American influence, however, soon surpassed that of the English in these parts, and when the Vanderbilt Transport...had been made from time to time to found colonies on the lauds given by his Mosquitian majesty, but they failed. The titles were bought, conditionally,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1862 - 688 Seiten
...claims under the walls of Granada. The American influence, however, soon surpassed that of the English in these parts, and when the Vanderbilt Transport...town visibly improved. But the American government Bent a man-of-war, in July, 1854, which, under the most frivolous pretexts, bombarded and destroyed... | |
 | United States Naval Institute - 1918 - 1632 Seiten
...foregoing events were taking place, another movement upon Nicaragua was being planned in the United States. Various attempts had been made, from time to time, to found colonies in the lands granted by His Mosquitian Majesty, but they had uniformly failed. Finally, in 1852, the titles were... | |
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