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“... had
in 1513, discovered the Pacific, an event which proved the
beginning of a period of immense prosperity for the country.
Gold and silver were transported across the Isthmus of Panama,
and the Spanish galleons gathered in the harbours of Porto Bello
and Cartagena, whence they carried the treasure of the New
World to Cadiz. For years Spain monopolised the trade in
spite of the constant raids by the buccaneers and pirates.
In 1564 the country was formed into a Spanish Presidency
called New Granada, and in 1718 it was raised to the position
of a Viceroyalty, only to be reduced to a Presidency again in
the following year. The Viceroyalty was revived in 1740 and
extended to include Venezuela, a Spanish settlement at the
eastern end of the Main which was making rapid growth. The
attacks against the supremacy of Spain now became more
frequent. In 1572 Sir Francis Drake, who had been furnished
with letters of marque by Queen Elizabeth, raided Nombre de
Dios, a strongly fortified town of great...”
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“...I
Arias de Avila, who, in 1514, amalgamated the several colonies I
under the name of Tierra Firme, and five years later founded 1
Panama City. When the wealth of the newly discovered I
countries of the Pacific began to be developed,, the route I
across the Isthmus became immensely important, and much I
treasure was transported over the Gold Road, as it was called, 1
on mules.
Panama was included in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, I
which was established in 1728, and in 1819 it became part of I
the independent nation of Gran Colombia, and in 1831 of that I
of New Granada. In 1842 the provinces of Panama and Veragua I
seceded and formed themselves into the State of Panama, but I
they rejoined later. In 1857 Panama again withdrew, but soon I
returned to the Granadine Confederation, which in 1861 became ]
the Republic of Colombia. The subsequent history of the coun- I
try is closely wrapped up with that of the Panama Canal.
The idea of piercing the Isthmus was not by any means one ]
of recent...”
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“...INDEX
488
Nevis, 225 31
Accommodation in, 226
Area, situation and popu-
lation, 225
Books on, 16
Climate, 225
Communications, 226
Constitution, 225
History, 225
Industries, 225
Sports, 226
New Amsterdam, 373, 374,
380-1
Newcastle, Jamaica, 273
Newcastle, Nevis, 230
New Granada, 397, 418
New Panama Company, 419
New Providence, 59, 62, 63, 69.
145
New River, 389, 391
New York exchanged for Suri-
nam, 413
New Walcheren, 143
Nicaragua, 417, 418
Nicholls, Sir Henry Alford, 242
Nicholson, Sir Charles, 262, 270
Nicolay, W. F. Scott, 239
Nicuesa, Diego de, 396, 417
Niobe, H.M.S., 356
Nipe Bay, 357
Nisbet, Mrs. F. H., Nelson’s
bride, 229
Nisky, 318, 320
Nombre de Dios, 397, 399, 400,
417
Nonpareil, 373
Norfolk Regiment (9th Foot),
103
Norman Island, 250
North Rock, Bermuda, 45
Nova Scotia, Bank of, 19, 261
Nueva Andalucia, 396, 417
Nueva Gerona, 358, 359
Nugent, Dr. Nicholas, 443
Nugent, Lady, 15, 275
Nutmegs, 153, 165
Ocho Rios, 256, 281, 282
O’Donnell, Governor-General,
342
Ogston, Maurice, 132...”
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