The maritime landscape of the Isthmus of Panamá
Este trabajo explora la historia marítima del istmo de Panamá, a través del uso prehistórico colonial española a la construcción del canal y el tráfico marítimo de hoy en día.
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
©2016
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Setting and context
- The isthmus in the Pre-European world
- The isthmus encountered and conquered, 1501-1540
- The isthmus challenged and fortified, 1540-1738
- Buccaneers, pirates, the Morgan attack, and the Scottish at Darién
- The isthmus in "decline," 1739-1848
- The isthmus during and after the "Fiebre del Oro," 1849-1861
- Canal dreams and realities, 1861-1902
- Fortification and control, 1903-2015
- Conclusion. - Notes. - References. - Index.