Panama and the Canal To-day: An Historical Account of the Canal Project from the Earliest Times with Special Reference to the Enterprises of the French Company and the United States, with a Detailed Description of the Waterway as it Will be Ultimately Constructed: Together with a Brief History of the Country and the First Comprehensive Account of Its Physical Features and Natural Resources |
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Page 14
... pirates became a serious detriment to the commerce of Spain . Their attacks upon the vessels carrying trea- sure from the Isthmus at length led to the tem- porary abandonment of the Panama - Porto Bello traffic and the substitution of ...
... pirates became a serious detriment to the commerce of Spain . Their attacks upon the vessels carrying trea- sure from the Isthmus at length led to the tem- porary abandonment of the Panama - Porto Bello traffic and the substitution of ...
Page 15
... was sacked and burned to the ground . It was never rebuilt on the original site , and Spanish commerce at this point died at the hands of a brutal pirate . The repeated success of the English in their attacks upon The Dream of the Strait ...
... was sacked and burned to the ground . It was never rebuilt on the original site , and Spanish commerce at this point died at the hands of a brutal pirate . The repeated success of the English in their attacks upon The Dream of the Strait ...
Page 182
... pirate of Campeche , who on this occasion joined with Capt . Morgan , to seek new fortunes under his conduct , and greater advantage than he had found before . Thus Captain Morgan in a few days gathered a fleet of nine sail , between ...
... pirate of Campeche , who on this occasion joined with Capt . Morgan , to seek new fortunes under his conduct , and greater advantage than he had found before . Thus Captain Morgan in a few days gathered a fleet of nine sail , between ...
Page 186
... Pirates . These no sooner had taken the castle , than they resolved to be as good as their words , in putting the Spainards to the sword , thereby to strike a terror into the rest of the city . Hereupon , having shut up all the soldiers ...
... Pirates . These no sooner had taken the castle , than they resolved to be as good as their words , in putting the Spainards to the sword , thereby to strike a terror into the rest of the city . Hereupon , having shut up all the soldiers ...
Page 187
... Pirates being assigned to this purpose , ran immediately to the cloisters , and took as many religious men and women as they could find . The governor of the city not being able to rally the citizens , through the huge confusion of the ...
... Pirates being assigned to this purpose , ran immediately to the cloisters , and took as many religious men and women as they could find . The governor of the city not being able to rally the citizens , through the huge confusion of the ...
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