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  2. Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San ...

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    Following the merger of Panama with Columbia, the fort was used as a prison. Then it was the Post Office for delivery of mail from Britain to Latin America. At Chagres town and below the fort and on the west bank of the Chagres River it was a haven for the adventurers of the 1849 California Gold Rush. With the advent of the railroad in 1850 ...

  3. Territorial evolution of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    Political evolution of Central America and the Caribbean 1700 to present. This is a timeline of the territorial evolution of the Caribbean and nearby areas of North, Central, and South America, listing each change to the internal and external borders of the various countries that make up the region.

  4. Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo - Wikipedia

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    Chagres (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃaɣɾes]), once the chief Atlantic port on the isthmus of Panama, is now an abandoned village at the historical site of Fort San Lorenzo (Spanish: Fuerte de San Lorenzo). The fort's ruins and the village site are located about 8 miles (13 km) west of Colón, on a promontory overlooking the mouth of the ...

  5. Forts of the first and second systems were generally earthwork star forts with some masonry reinforcement, mounting one tier of cannon, usually on the roof of the fort or behind low earthworks. Along with new forts, a few masonry forts of the colonial period were rebuilt under the first system, which was built from 1794 through 1801. [1]

  6. Old Fort of Nassau - Wikipedia

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    The Old Fort of Nassau, also known as Fort Nassau, was a fort in Nassau, Bahamas, first built in 1697. The fort lasted for nearly two hundred years with a rich legacy of history until it was finally demolished in 1897. [1] It was located on the north side of Marlborough Street, on the site of the current British Colonial Hilton Nassau. [2]

  7. List of forts - Wikipedia

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    Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns. Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new world. Later forts constructed by the royal engineers were much larger and more complex. Fort St ...

  8. Category:Colonial forts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This category includes articles on forts located in the current area of the United States that were constructed during colonial times by various empires. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

  9. Caribmap - Wikipedia

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    Caribmap is a non-profit online library of historical and modern maps, including topographic maps, of the Caribbean islands. [1] Since its establishment in 1999, the site has accumulated approximately 1800 maps of the islands that have been printed since the beginning of the 16th century [2] The purpose of the site is to allow users, such as historians and scientists, to gain detailed ...

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