The maritime landscape of the Isthmus of Panamá / James P. Delgado, Tomás Mendizábal, Frederick H. Hanselmann, and Dominique Rissolo.
Material type: TextPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 283 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780813052533
- 081305253X
- Panama -- History
- Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) -- History
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Panama
- Underwater archaeology -- Panama
- Panama -- Antiquities
- Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) -- Antiquities
- Panamá -- Histoire
- Panamá, Isthme de (Panamá) -- Histoire
- Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Panamá
- Archéologie sous-marine -- Panamá
- Panamá -- Antiquités
- HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
- Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Underwater archaeology
- Panama
- Panama -- Isthmus of Panama
- 972.87 23
- F1566.45 .D45 2016
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This work explores the maritime history of the Isthmus of Panama, from prehistoric usage through Spanish colonial to the building of the canal and modern day maritime traffic.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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