CHAGRES  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic of See also:

• PANAMA

Panama, on the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

Isthmus, at the mouth of the Chagres See also:

• RIVER

river, and about 8 m . W. of See also:

• COLON
• COLON (formerly known as ASPINWALL)

Colon . It has a See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour from to to 12 ft. deep, which is difficult to enter, however, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of bars at its mouth . The See also:

• PORT

port was discovered by See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus in 1soa, and was opened for See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic with Panama, on the Pacific coast, by way of the Chagres river, in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . With the decline of See also:

• PORTO

Porto See also:

• BELLO, ANDRES (1781–1865)

Bello in the 18th century Chagres became the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief Atlantic port of the Isthmus, and was at the height of its importance during the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• RUSH
• RUSH, BENJAMIN (1745–1813)
• RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)

rush of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold-hunters across the Isthmus to See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California in 1849 and the years immediately following . With the completion of the Panama railway in 1855, however, travel was diverted to Colon, and Chagres soon became a village of miserable huts, with no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of its former importance . On a high See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock at the mouth of the river stands the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Lorenzo, which was destroyed by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan when he captured the See also:

• TOWN

town in 1671, but was rebuilt soon afterwards by the Spaniards . Chagres was again captured in 1740 by See also:

• BRITISH

British forces under See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• VERNON
• VERNON, EDWARD (1684-1757)

Vernon .