When was it published?

June 28, 1765 in The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Foreign News June 28, 1765

The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Colonial Affairs, Military Campaign

Q: What keywords are associated?

Panama Isthmus, Spanish Engineers, Colonial Defense, Gulf Of Darien, Buccaneers

Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

Private letters from Madrid report a Spanish court plan to send experienced crown engineers to survey the Isthmus of Panama, fortifying it to prevent enemy land passage from North to South Seas. The 70-mile route from Gulf of Darien to Spanish South Sea settlements was previously used by Buccaneers.

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May 9. Private letters from Madrid mention, that a scheme has actually been formed at court, to send over some of the most experienced crown engineers, in order to survey the American isthmus, commonly called the isthmus of Panama; after which such dispositions will be taken, as to render a passage by land from the North to the South Seas, impracticable to any future attempts of an enemy. This famous passage, by the account of the best writers, is little more than seventy miles over from the bottom of the gulph of Darien to the Spanish settlements in the South Seas, and has more than once been successfully attempted by the Buccaneers in America.

What sub-type of article is it?

Colonial Affairs Military Campaign

What keywords are associated?

Panama Isthmus Spanish Engineers Colonial Defense Gulf Of Darien Buccaneers

Where did it happen?

Isthmus Of Panama

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Isthmus Of Panama

Event Date

May 9

Outcome

scheme formed to render land passage impracticable to future enemy attempts

Event Details

Private letters from Madrid mention a scheme at court to send experienced crown engineers to survey the American isthmus of Panama, after which dispositions will be taken to prevent enemy passage by land from North to South Seas. The passage is little more than seventy miles from the Gulf of Darien to Spanish settlements in the South Seas, successfully attempted by Buccaneers.