- sales of sovereignty (the long-awaited return)
Hi all. Some of you may remember one of my 83 posts to BoundaryPoint two years ago; if not, I m not the least bit offended. I return with one question which
Oct 19, 2003 @ 20:20 - Anton Sherwood (Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] sales of sovereignty (the long-awaited return)
Anton, ... Off the top-of-my-head... Danish West Indies, now the US Virgin Islands. Swedish West Indies, now St Barts (part of the French Overseas Department
Oct 19, 2003 @ 20:42 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
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Alaska? Peter S. ... since ... Department
Oct 19, 2003 @ 20:47 - Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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... Hm, now I wonder why I deleted this bit: As an American of course I know about Lousiana 1803, Gadsden 1854, Alaska 1867, Virgin Islands 1917. ... Thanks.
Oct 19, 2003 @ 21:14 - Anton Sherwood (Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>)
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And various Berlin border adjustments of course, definitely paid for in hard western currency. I.I.r.c., the Lenné triangle, for example. I m not sure whether
Oct 19, 2003 @ 21:19 - Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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... for ... example. ... Acc. to http://www.pohl-projekt.de/G_M_L/g_m_lenne001.htm , it was 76 million DM for a total of 18 areas along the WB border,
Oct 19, 2003 @ 21:23 - Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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... The Gadsden Purchase was in 1853. You can also add these: In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the end of the Mexican War, the USA paid Mexico
Oct 20, 2003 @ 02:11 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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... BoundaryPoint ... hahahaha of course i remember the whole sequence of your posts from message 4906 when for some reason a few of us began trying to guess
Oct 20, 2003 @ 02:31 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
- Re: sales of sovereignty (the long-awaited return)
but since you are an american anton you of course also know about the sale of east & west florida to the usa by spain in 1819 as well as the sale of north &
Oct 20, 2003 @ 02:44 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
- Re: [BoundaryPoint] sales of sovereignty (the long-awaited return)
... My nearest reference says it *took effect* in 1854. ... Good heavens. One doesn t hear that much. ... Thanks. -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/
Oct 20, 2003 @ 05:05 - Anton Sherwood (Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>)