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| has gloss | eng: Chagres, a village of the Republic of Panama in the Colón Province. It has a harbour from 10 to I ~ ft. deep, which is difficult to enter. The port was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1502, and was opened for traffic with Panama, on the Pacific coast, by way of the Chagres River, in the 16th century. With the decline of Porto Bello in the 18th century Chagres became the chief Atlantic port of the Isthmus, and was at the height of its importance during the great rush of goldhunters across the Isthmus to California in 1849 and the years immediately following. |
| lexicalization | eng: Chagres |
| instance of | c/Settlements in Panama |
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| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: Chagres è un comune della Provincia di Colón, nella repubblica di Panamá alla foce del fiume omonimo e molto vicina alla città di Portobello. |
| lexicalization | ita: Chagres |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: Chagres fue un asentamiento colonial español establecido en la costa caribeña de Panamá, específicamente en la provincia de Colón. Dicho lugar fue descubierto por Cristóbal Colón en 1502, y se estableció un puerto a las orillas del río que lleva el mismo nombre. |
| lexicalization | spa: Chagres |
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| media:img | Chagres - Project Gutenberg eText 19396.jpg |
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