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Submitted January 18, 2022
Published 2022-01-18

Artículos académicos

Vol. 1 No. 3 (2022): Revista Contacto

The fortifications of the Panamanian Caribbean on the Transisthmian Route in the 16th - 18th Centuries. An Approach to its Maritime History


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Published: 2022-01-18

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Suira Araúz, L. (2022). The fortifications of the Panamanian Caribbean on the Transisthmian Route in the 16th - 18th Centuries. An Approach to its Maritime History. Revista Contacto, 1(3), 78–108. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/contacto/article/view/2625

Abstract

The geographical position of Panama marked its participation in the machinery of an empire that in three centuries experienced its maximum splendor and its decline. From the hand of the conquerors, the engineering and construction techniques reflected in the real works came to our territories, although in most cases we cannot appreciate them due to the passage of time or the lack of care and protection. Following the documentation of archives, bibliography and articles, this article has been developed in which it is sought to summarize through the most outstanding facts that show that the Portobelo - San Lorenzo - Panama triangle was a protected artery that always deserved attention and work of the most qualified military engineers and manpower. This route was coveted by the enemy powers, who also made efforts to control and fragment the established structure and order. 

 

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