The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . llows the Verde, Guapore, Mamor6 and Madeirarivers down to the mouth of the Abuna, in about lat. 9° 44 S.,as determined by the treaty of 1903. This is a part of theoriginal colonial frontier, which extended down the Madeira to apoint midway between the Beni and the Amazon, and then randue W. to the Javary. The treaty of 1867 changed this starting-point to the mouth of the Beni, in lat. 10° 20 S., and designated astraight Hne to the source of the Javary as the frontier, whichgave to Brazil a large a
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . llows the Verde, Guapore, Mamor6 and Madeirarivers down to the mouth of the Abuna, in about lat. 9° 44 S.,as determined by the treaty of 1903. This is a part of theoriginal colonial frontier, which extended down the Madeira to apoint midway between the Beni and the Amazon, and then randue W. to the Javary. The treaty of 1867 changed this starting-point to the mouth of the Beni, in lat. 10° 20 S., and designated astraight Hne to the source of the Javary as the frontier, whichgave to Brazil a large area of territory; butwhenthevaluablerubberforests of the upper Purus became known the Brazilians invadedthem and demanded another modification of the boundary was finaUy settled in 1903 by the treaty of PetropoUs,which provided that the Hne should ascend the Abuna river tolat. 10° 20 S., thence along that paraUel W. to the Rapirran riverwhich is foUowed to its principal source, thence due W. to theItuxy river which is foUowed W. to its source, thence to the GEOGRAPHY] BOLIVIA 167. source of Bahia Creek which is followed to the Acr6 or Aquiryriver, thence up the latter to its source, whence if east of the69th meridian it runs direct to the nth parallel which will formthe boundary line to the Peruvian frontier. This frontier gaveabout 60,000 sq. m. of territory to Brazil, for which the lattergave an indemnity of £2,000,000 and about 1158 sq. m. ofterritory on the Matto Grosso frontier. The boundary withParaguay is unsettled, but an unratified treaty of the 23rd ofNovember 1894 provides that the line shall start from a point onthe Paraguay river 3 m. north of Fort Olimpo and run south-westin a straight line to an intersection with the Pilcomayo in ° 28 W., where it unites with the Argentine boundary. Theboundary with Chile was greatly modified by the results of thewar of 1879-83, as determined by the treaties of 1884, 1886 and189s, Bolivia losing her departmen
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