Note XIII-7 — Chapter XIII · DECLINE OF SPANISH SETTLEMENT ON THE NORTH COAST. 1517-1523.
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A better anchorage, owing to the wide stretch of shelving beach at Panamá, which was uncovered at low tide. Herrera says that in his day vessels in summer rode in the strand, and in the winter in the haven of Perico, two leagues from the port of Panamá.