 | 1866 - 788 pages
...Northwest British America, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton proclaims " in the name of the Government [British] the policy of continuous colonies from Lake Superior...British America as the most direct route from London to Pekin and Jeddo." I need not dwell upon the advantages of our route over the one shadowed forth by... | |
 | History - 1912 - 542 pages
...conceptions and the beginnings of great things. Immediately upon the organization of British Columbia, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton ' ' proclaimed in the name...British America as the most direct route from London to Pekin or Jeddo."81 From this time onward there was constant discussion in British Columbia, Canada,... | |
 | William Joseph Trimble - Technology & Engineering - 1914 - 270 pages
...conceptions and the beginnings of great things. Immediately upon the organization of British Columbia, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton ' ' proclaimed in the name...British America as the most direct route from London to Pekin or Jeddo. ' '51 From this time onward there was constant discussion in British Columbia, Canada,... | |
 | Solon Justus Buck, Theodore Christian Blegen - Minnesota - 1916 - 666 pages
...North Saskatchewan. Quick results followed. Most important was the announcement by Bulwer-Lytton of the policy of continuous colonies from Lake Superior to the Pacific, and the suggestion of a road across British America as "the most direct route from London to Pekin or Jeddo."... | |
 | Indiana University, James Albert Woodburn - United States - 1926 - 480 pages
...government on the Pacific was organized, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, British colonial secretary, proclaimed the policy of continuous colonies from Lake Superior...British America as the most direct route from London to Japan and China.34 Upper Canada and the British government in 1859 '- Charles GD Roberts. History of... | |
 | American essays - 1860 - 804 pages
...organized as a colony of England ; and, amid the acclamations of Parliament and people, Sir Edward Buhver Lytton proclaimed, in the name of the government,...British America, as the most direct route from London to Pekin or Jeddo. Thu eastern boundary of British Columbia was fixed upon the Rocky Mountains. The question... | |
 | American essays - 1860 - 798 pages
...of this report, a great change passed over the North Pacific coast. The gold discovery on Frazer's River occurred ; the Pacific populations flamed with...British America, as the most direct route from London to Pekin or Jeddo. The eastern boundary of British Columbia was fixed upon the Rocky Mountains. The question... | |
 | Solon Justus Buck, Theodore Christian Blegen - Minnesota - 1916 - 644 pages
...North Saskatchewan. Quick results followed. Most important was the announcement by Bulwer-Lytton of the policy of continuous colonies from Lake Superior to the Pacific, and the suggestion of a road across British America as "the most direct route from London to Pekin or Jeddo."... | |
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River occurred ; the Pacific populations flamed with excitement ; British Columbia was promptly organized as a colony of England ; and, amid the acclamations of Parliament and people, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton proclaimed, in the name of the government,... 