"are based on the pretensions of Spain over the Caroline Archipelago, but I conclude they followed as a consequence of the Papal Bull of 1493, which granted to the King of Spain all lands west and south of a line drawn from the Arctic to the Antarctic poles, one hundred leagues west of the Azores.
This act, which in the present day could hardly be cited as a justification for a claim to territory, might also be seen as a proof of the validity of a claim to the Caroline Islands, as holding the Ladrones Group, which is tied to the Carolines.
It is thought advisable by the Spanish State to lay claim to all these islands to the south of the same, so as to prevent any other Power or Colony from seeking to establish itself in those parts.
On reference to the chart, it will be noticed that sailing vessels running between Australia and ...
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are based the pretensions of Spain over the Caroline Archipelago
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a proof of the validity of a claime
to Territory
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