Isthmus of Panama

Ferdinand Pelota -- First to march across the Isthmus of Panama, Pelota failed to gain credit for this, due to his inability to pronounce the word "isthmus" without King Charles laughing his head off.

Mark C. Miller: History's Least-Appreciated Explorers (And For Good Reason) 2010

A two days 'ride brought me down to Portland, whence I sailed to San Franciso, and at that city took passage by steamer for New York via the Isthmus of Panama, in company with a number of officers who were coming East under circumstances like my own.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

At the present time, if we divide America, not by the Isthmus of Panama, but by the southern part of Mexico75 in lat.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

At the present time, if we divide America, not by the Isthmus of Panama, but by the southern part of Mexico75 in lat.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Horn or by the Isthmus of Panama; but the mass of pioneers crossed the plains with their ox-teams.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

But before I finally leave the republic of New Granada, I may be allowed to write a few words on the present aspect of affairs on the Isthmus of Panama.

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Mary Seacole

Central American states; but none of them could ever have been crowded through the Isthmus of Panama, since at the height of the last glaciation, that portion of the continent must have been the tropical barrier to our northern forms, as it is now the equatorial barrier.

Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright

Bulwer Treaty with Great Britain, the purpose of which was to facilitate the construction of a canal; but instead of operating to this end, it stood for fifty years or more as an effectual barrier against the construction by the United States of any canal across the Isthmus of Panama.

Fifty Years of Public Service Shelby M. Cullom

Only the Isthmus of Panama, forty-nine miles in width, divides the Atlantic from the Pacific Ocean.

Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Mary Huston Gregory

December, 1846, we are bound to guarantee the neutrality of the Isthmus of Panama, through which the Panama Railroad passes, "as well as the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory."

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.