The Isthmus of Panama (Spanish: Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal.Like many isthmuses, it is a location of great geopolitical and strategic …

La historia del Canal de Panamá comienza en 1513 cuando Vasco Núñez de Balboa cruzó por primera vez el istmo. El estrecho puente terrestre entre América del Norte y del Sur alberga el Canal de Panamá, un paso de agua entre los océanos Atlántico y Pacífico.Los primeros colonos europeos reconocieron este potencial y se hicieron varias propuestas para un canal.

Panamá Viejo (English: "Old Panama"), also known as Panamá la Vieja, is the remaining part of the original Panama City, the former capital of Panama, which was destroyed in 1671 by the Welsh privateer Henry Morgan.It is located in the suburbs of the current capital. Together with the historical district of Panamá, it has been a World Heritage Site since 1997.

El Canal de Nicaragua fue un proyecto de canal marítimo de una vía fluvial que conectaría el mar Caribe, en el océano Atlántico con el océano Pacífico a través de Nicaragua en América Central.Dicho canal iría por río hasta el Lago Cocibolca (Gran Lago de Nicaragua), y cruzaría el istmo de Rivas para alcanzar el Pacífico. El Canal cubriría un área de 270 kilómetros cuadrados.

The Sator Square (or the Rotas-Sator Square, or the Templar Magic Square) is a two-dimensional acrostic class of word square containing a five-word Latin palindrome. The earliest Sator squares were found at several Roman-era sites, all in ROTAS-form, with the earliest discovery at Pompeii (and also likely pre-A.D. 62). The earliest square that included explicit …

The Tailor of Panama ou Le Tailleur de Panama au Québec est un film américano-irlandais réalisé par John Boorman, sorti en 2001.Il s'agit d'une adaptation cinématographique du roman du même nom de John le Carré publié en 1996.. Le film est exploité en France avec son titre original The Tailor of Panama, même s'il y était fait communément référence, notamment dans la …

Survivor: Panama — Exile Island, also known as Survivor: Exile Island and Survivor: Panama, is the twelfth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor.The season was filmed in the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama from October 31, 2005 through December 8, 2005 and premiered on February 2, 2006. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of …

El sombrero de paja toquilla, también llamado sombrero Panamá (o simplemente jipijapa o montecristi), es un sombrero con ala tradicional de Ecuador, [1] que se confecciona de las hojas trenzadas de la palmera del sombrero de paja toquilla (Carludovica palmata).A pesar del nombre (sombrero Panamá), los sombreros son originarios y fabricados en Montecristi, …

Transition phases. In 1903, the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty was signed between Panama and the United States. It created the Panama Canal Zone as a U.S. governed region, and allowed the U.S. to build the Panama Canal. In 1977, the Panama Canal Treaty (also called Torrijos–Carter Treaties) was signed by Commander of Panama's National Guard, General Omar Torrijos and …

Galeta Island was the site of a U.S. military communications facility from the 1930s through 2002, when it was turned over to the government of Panama. The facility included an operations building located in the center of a U.S. Navy AN/FRD-10A(V) antenna array, which is a Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) also known as a Wullenweber array.

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914 (1977) is a book by the American historian David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster. The 698-page book contains 80 photographs, two maps and extensive source references.

The Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS) is based on net tonnage, modified for Panama Canal purposes. PC/UMS is based on a mathematical formula to calculate a vessel's total volume; one PC/UMS net ton is equivalent to 100 cubic feet (2.83 m 3) of capacity.

The Panama–Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco, California, United States, from February 20 to December 4, 1915.Its stated purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widely seen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906 earthquake.The fair was constructed on a 636 acre (1 sq. mi., 2.6 …

El balboa es una de las monedas de curso legal de Panamá, junto con el dólar estadounidense.Su código ISO 4217 es PAB.Está dividido en 100 centésimos. No se trata de una moneda plenamente independiente, sino una versión local del dólar estadounidense.El gobierno panameño emite sus propias monedas denominadas en centésimos y balboas equivalentes a …