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	Darien II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Darien II was the last Aliya Beth ship to bring refugees to Haifa (now in Israel) before the end of World War II, on March 19, 1941.
		He changed the name to Darien II (Darién is a gulf in Panama).
		Though the Darien was British property, the Mossad sent her to Istanbul and from there to Romania in October 1940, the refugees from Cladova didn't arrive so they put aboard 800 refugees from Romania and Bulgaria including survivors from the Salvador, after a series of adventures the Darien II arrived in Haifa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darien_II (241 words)

	AllRefer.com - DariEn, region, Panama (Panama Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		dAryAn´] Pronunciation Key, eastern part of Panama between the Gulf of DariEn on the east and the Gulf of San Miguel on the west.
		DariEn province, heavily forested and sparsely populated, is in the western part of the region.
		In 1513, Vasco NUnez de Balboa led an expedition across DariEn and became the first European to view the Pacific Ocean from the New World.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DarienPan.html (220 words)

	Principal Characters ...
		'Darien', said Paterson, would be the 'door of the seas, the key of the universe', reducing by half the time and expense of navigation to China and Japan, and bringing peace to both oceans without the guilt of war.
		The Spaniards' claim to Darien had been acknowledged by William and the English government, but their attempt to retake it was repulsed by the Scots in a little jungle skirmish.
		The Darien venture was perhaps the worst disaster in Scotland's history, greater than the bloody defeats of Flodden and Dunbar and Worcester.
	www.kinnaird.net /darien.htm (4162 words)

	GEOGRAPHY - LoveToKnow Article on GEOGRAPHY
		In 1508 Alonso de Ojeda obtained the government of the coast of South America from Cabo de Ia \Tela to the Gulf of Darien; Ojeda landed at Cartagena in 1510, and sustained a defeat from the natives, in winch his lieutenant, Juan de Ia Cosa, was killed.
		The Spaniards in the Gulf of Darien were left by Ojeda under the command of Francisco Pizarro, the future conqueror of Peru.
		The opposite form, an inlet of the sea, is coasts known when wide as a gulf, bay or bight, according to size and degree of inflection, or as a fjord or na when long and narrow.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GE/GEOGRAPHY.htm (21067 words)

	VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA - LoveToKnow Article on VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While Enciso was undecided how to act, Balboa proposed that they should sail for Darien, on the Gulf of LTraba, where he had touched when with Bastidas.
		Soon after his return to Darien he received letters from Zamudio, informing him that Enciso had complained to the king, and had obtained a sentence condemning Balboa and summoning him to Spain.
		He at once sent messengers to Spain bearing presents, to give an account of his discoveries; and the king, Ferdinand the Catholic, partly reconciled to his 3aring subject, named him Adelantado of the South Sea, or admiral of the Pacific, and governor of Panama and Coyba.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BALBOA_VASCO_NUNEZ_DE.htm (803 words)

	AUTOBIOGRAPHY
		For this act, Loki, the Norse trickster god, called her a whore, but I was more forgiving, knowing that this was simply the nature of a love goddess whose “beauty is unmatched” (Bjarnadottir and Kremer, 2000, p.
		The young nun was “told by God” that her life’s work was to recognize the divinity of the poorest of the poor, and to serve them with love.
		"God" may be a word we use to describe transcendent trickery, the ultimate deconstructing of boundaries, and paradoxically the unifying of divisions.
	www.stanleykrippner.com /papers/autobiogood.htm (11506 words)

	Darién on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		AACR Establishes Department of Survivor and Patient Advocacy; Gwen Darien, Former Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of MAMM Magazine, to Direct New Department.
		Exemple de déforestation au Panama dans la forêt de Darien Le président Jacques Chirac a dénoncé mercredi en Conseil des m.
		Downtown Darien hopes facelift will eliminate split personality.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/d/darienp1an.asp (597 words)

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		VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA, Spanish Governor of Antiqua, the province bordering the Gulf of Darien, to avert arrest upon charges of oppression and abuse of authority, conceived the thought of conciliating his King by bold acts of discovery.
		Having reached the Gulf of Nicoya, Davilla headed a land party and discovered Lake Nicaragua, while Pilot Andres Nino, in one of the vessels, proceeded westward, discovered and named the Gulf of Fronseca, and, it is claimed, entered the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
		Ulloa sailed from Acapulco July 8, 1539, explored the Gulf of California to its extreme head, determined that the outlet before supposed to exist to the north was a great inland arm of the sea penetrating the continent, and that Lower California was a peninsula.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/or/county/union1/1889vol1/1889volumeIpage11-15.htm (2605 words)

	Tour Of The Caribbean - Sir Francis Drake
		PORTO BELLO is memorable as the burial-place of that most adventurous of British seamen, Sir Francis Drake, while to the east of the point is the Gulf of Darien, where was laid the scene of a strange and characteristic episode in his life.
		Drake was a man of strong will, who, when once he had bent his mind to a task, cut his way to the goal through every barrier and crushed with a hand of iron whomsoever opposed him in his resolve.
		In January 1573 Drake was hiding in one of his secret harbours in the Gulf of Darien, making preparations for the foray on the Isthmus.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles26/caribbean-59.shtml (1455 words)

	Pan-American Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Darien Gap Rainforest, in and around the Pacific side of the isthmus between the two countries, has been described as a "laboratory of biodiversity," and a critical bridge for the interchange of plant and animal species between North and South America.
		Geographic Impact: PANAMA The Darien Gap Rainforest is found in the very northwestern area of South America on and around the isthmus where Colombia connects with the small Central American state of Panama.
		One of Colombiaþs richest areas is the Darien Gap region which it shares with Panama, and which is the site of the planned construction.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/PANAMA.HTM (3653 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Colombia
		The Pacific Ocean bounds it on the west and on the north-west the Republic of Panama and the Gulf of Darien.
		Near the Gulf of Maracaibo the Goajiros still maintain autonomy, but the Tayronas, Panches, Musos, are practically extinct.
		The Spanish colonies on the Isthmus of Darien (since 1903, the Republic of Panama, but previously a province of Colombia) and the discovery of the South Sea by Balboa directed the course of explorations of Colombia to its north-western and Pacific sections.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04121b.htm (3009 words)

	Domestic Annals of Scotland - Reign of William III: 1695 - 1702 Part 1
		An ‘unkindly cold and winter-like spring’ was threatening again to frustrate the hopes of the husbandman, ‘and cut off man and beast by famine.’ Already the dearth was greatly increased, and in many places ‘great want both of food and seed’ was experienced, while the sheep and cattle were dying in great numbers.
		In consideration of these facts, and of the abounding sins of profaneness, Sabbath-breaking, drunkenness, andc., whereby the displeasure of God was manifestly provoked,’ a solemn humiliation and fast was ordered for the 17th of May within the synod of Lothian and Tweeddale, and the 25th day of the month for the rest of the kingdom.
		The failure of the Darien settlement was a death-blow to the African Company, the whole capital being absorbed and lost.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/domestic/vol3ch2e.htm (4879 words)

	Darien, Gulf of -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The inner section, which is called the Gulf of Urabá, is a shallow, mangrove-lined arm lying between Caribana Point and Cape Tiburón, Colombia.
		In the 450-mile (720-kilometer) stretch between Yucatán and Florida are the Yucatán Channel, the northwestern coast of Cuba, and the Straits of Florida.
		A shallow sea of the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf separates the Arabian Peninsula from Iran in southwestern Asia.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9028776 (989 words)

	CPD: Middle America, Site MA20, Darién Province and Darién National Park, Panama
		Farther to the north-west, the coast is broken by the Gulf of San Miguel, where the wide Lower Tuira River meets the sea.
		North of the gulf, the border of the province is the south-eastern end of the Serranía de Majé at the Serranía de Cañazas.
		Bordering the Gulf of San Miguel's southern embayments (from about Punta Garachiné eastward to Punta Alegre) is an isolated strip of tropical dry forests (thorn and seasonally strongly deciduous to semi-deciduous tropical dry forests).
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/ma/ma20.htm (4199 words)

	William Paterson - Darien Scheme/ Founder of Bank of England
		PATERSON, William, the founder of the Bank of England, and projector of the Darien Expedition, was born at the farm of Skipmyre, Dumfries-shire, in March or April 1655.
		On the arrival of the colonists at the isthmus of Darien, they purchased lands from the natives, and established their settlement at Acta, a place midway between Porto Bello aud Carthagena, having a secure and capacious harbour, formed by a peninisula, which they fortified, and named Fort Saint Andrew.
		America issued proclamations, prohibiting any succour being given to the Scots at Darien, on the weak pretext that their settlement there was an infringement of the alliance between England and Spain.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/tom.paterson/surnames/WilliamPaterson.htm (3149 words)

	The End of 15th and First Part of 16th Century
		It caused the unfortunate Cortereal to sail into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, convinced Juan de Solis to penetrate into the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, and was finally the chief aim of the extraordinary expedition of Magellan.
		The Isthmus of Darien is not more than sixty miles broad, but this short distance was rather impenetrable by the numerous obstacles of a tropical wilderness.
		The governorship of Darien was represented by Pedrarias Davila, who, after having persecuted and burdened the hero in every possible way, beheaded Balboa under a false accusation of high treason.
	www.sevenoceans.com /MaritimeDiscovery/EndOf15thAndFirstPpartOf16.htm (2711 words)

	Nuestra Senor de Antigua del Darien
		Sailing some distance into the gulf, they noticed the water was not salty and shallow, realizing that it was not the passage they were seeking.
		All of Tierra Firme, West of the Gulf of Darien, was given the name of Castilla del Oro, while all of the land to the East was given the name of Nueva Andalusia, which included the North Coast of South America.
		But when Ojeda, and the priest that he had with him, informed the Indians, that they had to renounce their king, and swear allegiance to the King of Spain, and Spanish God, they said, no. Ojeda ordered that they be taken by force, and a battle quickly ensued where the Indians were defeated.
	www.bruce.ruiz.net /PanamaHistory/antigua.htm (4132 words)

	Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
		Balboa guided the 100 men that were able to load on their two remaining ships and the row boat and cross the gulf to the Darien River.
		Since Enciso was assigned as Alcalde Mayor by Ojeda, his appointment was only good on the other side of the gulf.
		Hundreds were killed and the rest taken as prisoners, the caciques were all hanged, and the Darien region became subjugated.
	www.bruce.ruiz.net /PanamaHistory/vasco_nunez_balboa_2.htm (1888 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - KNOWN BUG: Gulf of Darien retreat route
		If you lose a naval battle in the Gulf of Darien and control Isthmus, your fleet will retreat to the Pacific side of Isthmus (the long way around the Cape) because that's where the port is located.
		In other words, A navy losing a battle against pirates in the Gulf of Darien chose to reatrate to Isthmus port which is on the Pacific side of the province.
		That's because contrary to the common perception, Search option is still broken (my impression is that it only searches the post that appeared after the new version of forum was implemented, so it will not find anything older than 3 days)."The answer to your question is 42".
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=119775 (406 words)

	Fernandez Martin de Encisco
		All of Tierra Firme, West of the Gulf of Darien, was named Castilla del Oro, while all of the land to the East was named Nueva Andalusia, which included the North Coast of South America.
		His suggestion to try the western shore of the Gulf of Darien was accepted by acclamation.
		He reminded them that Ojeda's domain was on the other side of the bay and south of the Darien River.
	www.bruce.ruiz.net /PanamaHistory/martin_fernandez_de_encisco.htm (2287 words)

	Reagan Diplomacy -- Provinces, Spaces, and Abbreviations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Neutral SC Mayan "land of the trees." Ravaged by civil war in 1980s between U.S.- supported military junta (complete with death squads) and Cuban-supported communist guerillas.
		"Darien" was an alternate name for the Chucunaques tribe of eastern Panama.
		U.S. siding with Nicaragua in a 1916 dispute with El Salvador over the Gulf of Fonseca led to the installation of the U.S.-backed Somoza Dynasty in Nicaragua 1936-1979.
	www.public.iastate.edu /%7Ejcheaney/reagprov.htm (337 words)

	Historical Text Archive: Articles: Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de
		Upon arriving at the Gulf of Uraba (Darien), Balboa drew upon his knowledge of the area to save the expedition by attacking natives who did not poison their weapons and who farmed.
		After thanking God, Balboa led the expedition down from the mountains into the lands of Cacique Chiapes with whom Balboa made peace in his usual manner.
		Cuquera told of an island abounding with pearls in the nearby gulf.
	historicaltextarchive.com /sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=624 (1885 words)

	Bribery Versus Realpolitik in Understanding the Union of 1707
		Darien is now a scar on the memory of the Scots, and the pain of the wound is still felt even where the cause is dimly understood.(footnote 7)
		However, at the time, the momentous loss of money, a horrible strain on the Scottish economy, seemed to be blamed on the English and did little to help the already poor Scottish disposition towards their southerly neighbors.
		The most obvious reason pointed to would be that they were all big investors in the Darien scheme, and, thus, all in great financial need.
	www.geocities.com /hfien/scots/scothisunion.html (2231 words)

	Chapter 1
		This Arwacan promised to bring me into the great river of Orenoque; but indeed of that which he entered he was utterly ignorant, for he had not seen it in twelve years before, at which time he was very young, and of no judgment.
		And if God had not sent us another help, we might have wandered a whole year in that labyrinth of rivers, yere we had found any way, either out or in, especially after we were past ebbing and flowing, which was in four days.
		To be short, when both our companies returned, each of them brought also several sorts of stones that appeared very fair, but were such as they found loose on the ground, and were for the most part but coloured, and had not any gold fixed in them.
	www.angelfire.com /mb2/jodensavanne/discov.htm (11042 words)

	The Caribbean Current
		The flow turns sharply westward as it crosses the Cayman Basin, and it enters the Gulf of Mexico as a narrow boundary current that hugs the Yucatan Peninsula (Fratantoni 2001).
		The overall speed of the water as it travels from Aves Ridge to the Florida Straits was estimated by Morrison and Smith (1990).
		Upon closer inspection, it was evident that the gyre was actually made up of an intense cyclone flanked by an anticyclone and cyclone, all embedded in the larger, weaker cyclonic circulation (Andrade and Barton 2000).
	oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu /caribbean/caribbean.html (3473 words)

	Gale Schools - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage - Bios - Balboa
		He convinced the men to leave the inhospitable site of Ojeda's camp at San Sebastián and to cross the Gulf of Urabá (now the Gulf of Darién) to a new location on the Isthmus (Santa Maria la Antigua, commonly called Darién).
		From that point he saw the vast expanse of the Pacific to the south.
		Balboa then marched down to the coast of the Gulf of San Miguel, waded into the water, and claimed the "South Sea" and all its adjacent territories for Spain.
	www.galegroup.com /warehouse/chh/bio/balboa_v.htm (760 words)

	Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary : Slave of the Slaves: the Story of Saint Peter Claver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The hospital, run by the religious of St John of God, was almost always overcrowded, due to the scourge of frequent epidemics and continual warfare.
		People who truly love God never put on artificial airs of piety, folding their hands and bowing their heads, while they shun sinners as if they were to be despised.
		In the evening, the saint was torn with a violent fever that, together with the intense vehemence of his aspiring love, cast him into a motionless state, in which he lay unconscious, his face betraying in its peaceful composer the transport of love he was undergoing.
	www.catholicism.org /slave-of-slaves.html (13368 words)

	China - Costa Rica: The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps (Library of Congress)
		This map of the Gulfs of Darién and Urabá includes coastline, coastal features, soundings, navigational hazards, a settlement, and network of streams running into the Gulf.
		This map of the Gulfs of Darién and Urabá includes coastline, coastal features, soundings, navigational hazards, a settlement, streams, and pictorial representation of relief; map includes extensive notes.
		This map depicting the coast of the Gulf of Morrosquillo between the Sinú River and Fuerte Islands includes coastline, coastal features, soundings, anchorages, and navigational hazards; most prominently depicted are three vessels with the routes of two of them.
	www.loc.gov /rr/geogmap/luso/china.html (4401 words)

	Antique Maps Of The Caribbean Basin
		The focus of this map is the islands of the West Indies and the lands along the coasts of northern South America, the entire Central American peninsula, and the coastal regions of the Gulf Coast.
		It was drawn by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, who during his over fifty years of work in the French Hydrographic Service was appointed the first 'Ingenieur hydrographe de la Marine.' His large output of charts of all parts of the world are well known for their high quality and attractive appearance.
		The best maps of the Gulf of Mexico in the eighteenth century were those based on Spanish surveys, but they were very secret about their mapping, so the rest of Europe had to make do as best possible.
	www.philaprintshop.com /westind.html (1851 words)

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