United States. General staff. 2d (Military information) division, Hale, Harry C · Washington : Govt. print. off. · leaf 164
156 NOTES ON PANAMA. lOf from Panaiiui, The suiniiiit. Strong strategic position. Ami:)le qiiartei'S — 800 frame lioiises, 400 huts. Good water supply from springs. Machine shoi:>s. " Paraiso. — Forty miles from Colon, 7^ miles from Panama. One hundred and twentj^-five frame houses, 100 huts.… … La Boca. Panama. — "About 1518 Governor Pedrarias Davila trans- ferred to the native village of Panama the episcopal see and the civil government, which had been since 1514 at Santa Maria de la Antigua, in Darien. "The name of Panama is believed to have come to these coasts from an aboriginal word…
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