Boundaries Between Ecuador And Peru

Excerpt from A Study of the Question of Boundaries: Between the Republics of Peru and Ecuador At the request of His Excellency, Sr. D. Felipe de Osma, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru at this Court (Madrid), that I examine and report upon the question of boundaries between the Republics of Peru and Ecuador, submitted to the arbitration of His Majesty, the King of Spain, I have prepared this work, dividing it into two parts: General Part, antecedents and history of the case, and Special Part, a consideration of the diverse questions embraced therein. The purpose of the General Part is to facilitate the reader in his study of the problem and offer a guide to all the data and events, in their chronological order, that must be considered to enable him to form a general idea of the affair, and to perceive the historical connection of the different facts set forth and the relation of certain of the questions to each other. That part begins with an exposition of the former Spanish colonial regime or governmental system in America, which, being constantly alluded to, it is well fully to understand before entering upon the domain of its application. Then follows an historical review of the insurrectionary movement and of the formation of the Spanish-American States, which it is important to present with the greatest clearness because of the confusion with which those events usually recall themselves - occurring, as they did, simultaneously, in so many localities - and also because they were the origin of the so-called "Spanish-American public law," the basis upon which the question must be resolved. I prefer to relate them at the outset, to the end that there shall afterwards be no interruption in the examination of the various aspects of the problem, and because it will permit, besides, their appreciation in conjunction with each other unprejudiced by any criteria whatever. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.