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Print Specifics:
  • Type of print: Wood Engraving - Original antique print
  • Year of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1894
  • Publisher: D. Appleton & Co., New York, 5 Bond Street
  • Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light age toning of paper.
  • Dimensions: 7 x 10.5 inches (17,5 x 26 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.
  • Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
  • Reverse side: Blank
  • Notes: 1. Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is sharper than the photo of the print. 3. Last photo (NOT included) shows how they look today.

Original Narrative:
Old Spanish Fortifications at Puerto Bello: So rich had Panama now become that the cupidity of the pirates was aroused and their attacks became so frequent and so bold that it was decided to fortify Porto Bello and the mouth of the Chagres and work on these fortifications was commenced in 1597. They were completed in 1602 and were considered impregnable, but the very year that the forts were finished William Parker with 200 pirates captured Porto Bello, burned a part of the town and carried off an immense amount of booty.
 
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