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In 1501, Rodrigo de Bastidas was the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama sailing along the eastern coast. A year later Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage, sailing south and eastward from upper Central America, explored Bocas del Toro, Veragua, the Chagres River and Portobelo (Beautiful Port) which he named.
Printable version; In other projects ... Part of a series on the. History of Panama; Chronology; Before 1821; 1821–1903; 1904–1964; 1964–1977; 1977– ...
The Republic of Panama became a protectorate of the larger country through two provisions whereby the United States guaranteed the independence of Panama and received in return the right to intervene in Panama's domestic affairs. For the rights it obtained, the United States was to pay the sum of US$10 million and an annuity, beginning 9 years ...
After 1567 Panama was attached to the Viceroyalty of Peru but retained its own audiencia. [2] Beginning early in the 16th century, Nombre de Dios in Panama, Vera Cruz in Mexico, and Cartagena in Colombia were the only three ports in Spanish America authorized by the crown to trade with the homeland. By the mid-1560s, the system became ...
1826 - June: City hosts Panama Congress. [2] 1830 - City becomes part of Republic of New Granada. [5] 1849 - Panama Star English-language newspaper begins publication. [6] 1853 - La Estrella de Panamá newspaper in publication. [citation needed] 1855 - Panama Railway begins operating. [7] 1856 - April 15: Watermelon Riot. 1878 - Fire.
A ship is guided through the Panama Canal's Miraflores locks near Panama City on April 24, 2023. (Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)
The History of Panama. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33322-4. Johnson, Willis Fletcher (1906). Four Centuries of the Panama Canal. New York, New York: Henry Holt and Co. OCLC 576076780. Lafeber, Walter. The Panama Canal: The Crisis in Historical Perspective (3rd ed. 1990). McCullough, David (1977).
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