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Portobelo, Porto Bello (both: pôr'tōbĕl`ō), or Puerto Bello (pwār`tō bā`yō), town, central Panama, on the Caribbean Sea. The site, an excellent harbor, was visited by Columbus. The town was founded in 1597. A thriving colonial city, it was connected by a stone highway with Panama city; both ports were the points of transshipment for riches from the Spanish Pacific domains. Believed impregnable—Sir Francis Drake died of fever before he could capture it and was secretly buried in the bay—Portobelo was, nevertheless, sacked by English buccaneers (William Parker in 1601, Sir Henry Morgan in 1688, and Edward Vernon in 1739). With the building of the trans-Panama railroad (1848–55) and finally the digging of the Panama Canal, Portobelo declined. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Portobelo is in the Caribbean province of Colon, two hours east of Panama City by car. 20 and March 14, American Canadian Caribbean Line's 92-passenger Mayan Prince will depart on seven cruises that include a sail through the Panama Canal, visits to the San Blas Islands, Cuna villages, Portobelo, Taboga and Contadora Island. Those include Portobelo, near the Atlantic entrance to the canal, which Spanish galleons used in the 16th century and where Francis Drake, the English buccaneer, is buried. |
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