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... route . 15 A year later , on February 20 , 1534 , the colonists had a reply from Spain favoring the Chagres route and asking the adelantado , Francisco de Barrionuevo , to settle once and for all the choice of a permanent trans ...
... route . 15 A year later , on February 20 , 1534 , the colonists had a reply from Spain favoring the Chagres route and asking the adelantado , Francisco de Barrionuevo , to settle once and for all the choice of a permanent trans ...
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... route . At this very early date , Bunau - Varilla was already considering means and ways by which , if need be , he could scuttle the revived idea of a canal through the land of the two lakes . A rival canal to the north of Panama would ...
... route . At this very early date , Bunau - Varilla was already considering means and ways by which , if need be , he could scuttle the revived idea of a canal through the land of the two lakes . A rival canal to the north of Panama would ...
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... route over that Isthmus is not only eventually exposed to , but certain , sooner or later , to be the prey of that uncontrollable power of Nature , before which flight is the only resource . To prefer the Nicaragua route to the Panama route ...
... route over that Isthmus is not only eventually exposed to , but certain , sooner or later , to be the prey of that uncontrollable power of Nature , before which flight is the only resource . To prefer the Nicaragua route to the Panama route ...
Contents
BunauVarillas Last Campaigns | 299 |
Appendix 1 | 335 |
Appendix 3 | 349 |
Copyright | |
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