North America and Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Canada (1837–1901)
- Governor General - Lord Lisgar (1869–1872)
- Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867–1891)
- Costa Rica -
- Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1868–1870)
- Bruno Carranza Ramírez, President of Costa Rica (1870)
- Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, President of Costa Rica (1870–1876)
- Haiti - Nissage Saget, President of Haiti (1869–1874)
- Mexico - Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1867–1872)
- United States - Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (1869–1877)
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Famous quotes containing the words north america, north, america and/or caribbean:
“We might hypothetically possess ourselves of every technological resource on the North American continent, but as long as our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be “revolutionary” but not transformative.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“If I could put my hand on the north star, would it be as beautiful? The sea is lovely, but when we bathe in it the beauty forsakes all the near water. For the imagination and senses cannot be gratified at the same time.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I do not see why, since America and her autumn woods have been discovered, our leaves should not compete with the precious stones in giving names to colors; and, indeed, I believe that in course of time the names of some of our trees and shrubs, as well as flowers, will get into our popular chromatic nomenclature.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“But now Miss America, World’s champion woman, you take your promenading self down into the cobalt blue waters of the Caribbean and see what happens. You meet a lot of darkish men who make vociferous love to you, but otherwise pay you no mid.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)