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The Republic of Colombia gained its independence of Spain in 1819, and was officially constituted December 27, 1819. This vast Republic split up into Venezuela, Ecuador, and the Republic of New Granada, February 29, 1832. The Constitution of April 1 1858, changed the Republic into a confederation of eight States, under the name of Confederation Granadina. On September 20, 1861, the convention of Bogota brought out the confederation under the new name of United States of New Granada, with nine States. On May 8, 1863, an improved Constitution was formed, and the States reverted to the old name Colombia—United States of Colombia. The revolution of 1885 brought about another change, and the National Council of Bogota, composed of three delegates from each State, promulgated the Constitution of August 4, 1886. The sovereignty of the nine States was abolished, and they became simple departments, their presidents, elected by ballot, being reduced to governors under the direct nomination of the President of the Republic, the country being now named the Republic of Colombia.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Colombia. 1. Official Publications
Colombia Bulletin No. 33 of the Bureau of the American Republics. 8. Washington 1892. Special bulletios of October and November, 1893, contain reports on coffee and coal in Colombia.
Circulaire du Ministre des Affaires Etrangères sur les mines d’or et d’argent de la Republique de Colombie. Bogota, 1886.
Bulletin du canal interocéanique. Paris, 1888.
Descripcion historica, geographica y politica de la Republica de Colombia. Bogota, 1887
Constitution of the Republic of Colombia (August 7, 1886). Bogota.
Diario Official. Bogota, 1893.
Informe de Ministro de Fomento—del Ministro de Guerra ; del Ministro de Instruction Publica ; Ministro de Relacunes Exteriores ; Ministro de Gobierno ; Ministro del Tesoro ; del Ministro del Hacienda. Bogota, 1891.
Report by Mr. Scruggs, U.S. Minister at Bogota, on Colombia and its People, in ‘Reports of the United States Consuls,’ Nos. 30, 31, and 32, 1883. Washington, 1883.
Report on the National Mining Code, in No. 103 of ‘Reports on Subjects of General and Commercial Interest.’ London 1888.
Report on the Trade of Colombia, for 1891, in No. 1,148 of ‘Diplomatic and Consular Reports,’ 1893.
Trade of Colombia with Great Britain, in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1892.’ Imp. 4. London, 1893.
2. Non-Officials Publications
Bates (H. W.), Central and South America. New edition. London, 1882.
Bruyckcr (P. de), Les mines d’or et d’argent de la Colombie. Extrait du Bull, de la Soc. R. de la Geographie d’Anvers. Antwerp, 1888.
Cadena (P. J.), Anales diplomàticos de Colombia. Bogota, 1878.
Esguerra, Diccionario geográfico de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. Bogotá, 1879.
Etienne (C. P.), Nouvelle-Grenade, aperçu général sur la Colombie. Genève, 1887.
Hall (Col. F.), Colombia; its Present State in respect of Climate, Soil, &c . 8. Philadelphia. 1871.
Hassaurek (F.), Four Years among Spanish Americans. 12. New York, 1867.
Holton, Twenty Months in the Andes. New York.
Mosquera (General), Compendio de geografia, general, politica, fisica y special de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. 8. London, 1866.
Nuñez (R.) and Jahay (H.), La République de Colombie, Geographic, Histoire, Organisation, &c . Brussels, 1893.
Pereira (R. S.), Les Etats-Unis de Colombie. Paris, 1883.
Perez (Felipe), Geografia general, fisica y politica de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. Bogota, 1883.
Reelus (Armand), Panama et Darien. Paris, 1881.
Rodrigues (J. C), The Panama Canal. London, 1885.
Simons (F. A. A.), Goajira Peninsula. Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society, December 1885.
Simons (F. A. A.), Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria. Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society, 1831.
White (R.B.), Notes on the Central Provinces uf Colombia. Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society for 1883. London, 1883.
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Keltie, J.S. (1894). Colombia. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253230_13
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