The maritime landscape of the Isthmus of Panamá [electronic resource] /James P. Delgado, Tomás Mendizábal, Frederick H. Hanselmann, and Dominique Rissolo.
By: Delgado, James P [author.].
Contributor(s): Rissolo, Dominique [author.] | Hanselmann, Frederick H [author.] | Hernández Mendizábal, Tomás [author.] | Project Muse.
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BookPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813052533.Subject(s): Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) -- Antiquities | Panama -- Antiquities | Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) -- History | Panama -- History | Underwater archaeology -- Panama | Excavations (Archaeology) -- PanamaGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 972.87 Online resources: Full text available: 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 Darien -- 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.
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.
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