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Portobelo

Panama / Colyn / Portobelo /
 city, seaport, fortification, UNESCO World Heritage Site

The "beautiful port" named by Columbus in 1502 when he stopped here on his fourth voyage. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries it was an important silver-exporting port in New Granada on the Spanish Main and one of the ports on the route of the Spanish treasure fleets.
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Coordinates:   9°33'10"N   79°39'10"W

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  • Hank (guest)
    Famous mushrooms grow here
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