From Colon to Panama (1912) -  Illustrated with historical photos, postcards, documents, and maps.
Channel: Jaime Massot Hernández
Date: 2020-02-13

This video presents excerpts of the 2019 book “From Colon to Panama (1912) - Illustrated with historical photos, postcards, documents, and maps”; specifically the chapter entitled “From Colon to Panama”. This historical work is considered of great importance for the knowledge of what life was like in Panama more than 100 years ago, mainly in the villages and towns located in the old transisthmian railroad; inaugurated in 1855 and relocated (1907-1912) during the construction of the Panama Canal (opened in 1914). Certain texts of the original publication (1912) have been edited and some advertising has been included at the end of each section. Historical documents, drawings, photos, postcards, plans and maps, from different sources but related to the content, are incorporated to illustrate the trip from Colon to Panama and the places visited in between.