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The maritime landscape of the Isthmus of Panamá
- Title
- The maritime landscape of the Isthmus of Panamá / James P. Delgado, Tomás Mendizábal, Frederick H. Hanselmann, and Dominique Rissolo.
- Author
- Delgado, James P.
- Publication
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Description
- xviii, 283 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-272) and index.
- Contents
- 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 Darién -- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-9710
- ISBN
- 9780813062877
- 081306287X
- LCCN
- 2016015353
- OCLC
- 923549497
- Author
- Delgado, James P., author.
- Title
- The maritime landscape of the Isthmus of Panamá / James P. Delgado, Tomás Mendizábal, Frederick H. Hanselmann, and Dominique Rissolo.
- Publisher
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-272) and index.
- Added Author
- Hernández Mendizábal, Tomás, 1940- author.Hanselmann, Frederick H., author.Rissolo, Dominique, author.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-9710