. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. TPTE PANAMA liOllTP: FOR A SHIP CANAL.« I)V William II. Ritrr. The Panama route as a lino of transit across tho Isthmus was estab- lished, as near as can ])e determined, between 1517 and 1520. The first settlement, at the site of the town of old Panama. (3 or 7 miles easterly of the present city of that name, \yhs begun in August, 1517. This was the Pacific end of the line. The Atlantic end was finally established in 1519 at Nombre de Dios,
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. TPTE PANAMA liOllTP: FOR A SHIP CANAL.« I)V William II. Ritrr. The Panama route as a lino of transit across tho Isthmus was estab- lished, as near as can ])e determined, between 1517 and 1520. The first settlement, at the site of the town of old Panama. (3 or 7 miles easterly of the present city of that name, \yhs begun in August, 1517. This was the Pacific end of the line. The Atlantic end was finally established in 1519 at Nombre de Dios, the more (>asterly port of Acla, where Balboa wnis tried and executed, having tirst been s(d(>cted, but subsequently rejected. The old town of Panama was made a city by royal decree fi'om the throne of Spain in S(^])tcmb(M', 15i!l. At the sam(^ time it was given a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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