The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1955 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 283
... Panama who feared that the United States would , in view of this slight , build a canal across Nicaragua instead . Others in Panama and elsewhere wished to recoup their financial loss occasioned when the French company under Ferdinand ...
... Panama who feared that the United States would , in view of this slight , build a canal across Nicaragua instead . Others in Panama and elsewhere wished to recoup their financial loss occasioned when the French company under Ferdinand ...
Page 285
... Panama Railway and the Panama Canal . Prac- tically all of the land in the city is owned by the Panama Railroad , under its original fran- chise from the United States of Colombia , and as the United States now owns the Panama Railroad ...
... Panama Railway and the Panama Canal . Prac- tically all of the land in the city is owned by the Panama Railroad , under its original fran- chise from the United States of Colombia , and as the United States now owns the Panama Railroad ...
Page 600
... Panama , May 1550. He was the son of Rodrigo de Contreras ( q.v. ) , governor of Nicaragua . After the fall of his father , and the confiscation of his property , Hernando and his brother , Pedro , with a number of dissatisfied officers ...
... Panama , May 1550. He was the son of Rodrigo de Contreras ( q.v. ) , governor of Nicaragua . After the fall of his father , and the confiscation of his property , Hernando and his brother , Pedro , with a number of dissatisfied officers ...
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