. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 79'3I'20- West or Greenwich 79'3i-4- Depths. Sands exposed at low water. Oto7 Feet. 7 to 16 Feet. 2,200 Yards. magnificent promenade of Las Bovedas. Beyond the ramparts the suburbs are continued along the beach and neighbouring slopes. Conspicuous amongst its monuments is the cathedral, whose two towers serve as beacons and lighthouses. Although chosen as the seat of a Spanish American Congress in 1824, and raised to the rank of a capital when Colombia formed a confederacy of states, now reduced to the position of provinces, Panama is a place of slight impo
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 79'3I'20- West or Greenwich 79'3i-4- Depths. Sands exposed at low water. Oto7 Feet. 7 to 16 Feet. 2,200 Yards. magnificent promenade of Las Bovedas. Beyond the ramparts the suburbs are continued along the beach and neighbouring slopes. Conspicuous amongst its monuments is the cathedral, whose two towers serve as beacons and lighthouses. Although chosen as the seat of a Spanish American Congress in 1824, and raised to the rank of a capital when Colombia formed a confederacy of states, now reduced to the position of provinces, Panama is a place of slight importance as a centre of population and local trade. The so-called "Panama" hats, at one time so fashionable in Europe, are not made in the town whose name they bear. In fact, this place owes all its celebrity to its vital position at the narrowest part of the isthmus, and its chequered history presents a remarkable alternation of rapid progress and decline according to the routes followed by international trade. Hence it flourished when it commanded the trafific of Peru and Chile :
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