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The Darien Gap: Travels in the Rainforest of Panama

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The Darien Gap: Travels in the Rainforest of Panama - Mitchinson, Martin
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When Balboa marched through Dariens jungles to cross the narrow isthmus in 1513, he was the first European to sight the Pacific from its eastern shores. For the next four centuries, pirates, gold miners, rebels, and political schemers all gravitated to Darien. Scotland failed miserably in its attempt to establish a colony. An American Navy expedition wandered lost in its jungle for two months with seven men dying, and countries fought to control the regions traffic and trade. Even today, Darien is best known as a roadless ...

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The Darien Gap: Travels in the Rainforest of Panama 2008, Harbour Publishing

ISBN-13: 9781550174212

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