Table of Contents

Front Matter

The Popular Idea of Panama
Our Programme
The Way to Panama
The Way to Panama (continued)
The Discovery of America
The Discovery of America (continued)
Panama and the Negro
Panama and the Negro (continued)
The Spanish Main
The Spanish Main (continued)
First Impressions
In the Days of the Buccaneers
The French Fiasco
The Coming of the Americans
The Panama Canal—Autumn, 1912
Now the Canal Is Open
The Panamanian Country