Prowling about Panama
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George A. Miller. Prowling about Panama
Prowling about Panama
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
CHAPTER I
WHERE THE PROWLING IS GOOD
CHAPTER II
THE TRAIL OF THE PIRATES
CHAPTER III
PICTURESQUE PANAMA
CHAPTER IV
A CITY OF GHOSTS
CHAPTER V
THE SPELL OF THE JUNGLE
CHAPTER VI
LIFE AT THE BOTTOM
CHAPTER VII
THE INTERIOR
CHAPTER VIII
ECONOMIC WASTE
CHAPTER IX
PANAMA AND PROGRESS
CHAPTER X
KNOWING OUR NEIGHBORS
CHAPTER XI
THE FAMILY TREE
CHAPTER XII
LATIN-AMERICAN HEART
CHAPTER XIII
THE CARIBBEAN WORLD
CHAPTER XIV
THE PANAMA CANAL
CHAPTER XV
PROWLING INTO THE FUTURE
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George A. Miller
Published by Good Press, 2021
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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the Caribbean main was overrun by as unscrupulous and bloodthirsty a set of pirates as ever sailed any sea. Even without these rascals there would have been trouble enough, and with them the story is sufficiently lurid for the most melodramatic taste.
One name stands out above his fellows. The intrepid navigator who first saw the waters of the Pacific set forth at the age of twenty-three as an adventurer, and after various experiences embarked as a stowaway for his second voyage. By personal persuasion he became the partner of his master, and after founding a colony in Darien sent Señor Endico back to Spain in irons for his pains.
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