Polity Panama

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Was a Genoese lease in Central America over the port of Panama.

Establishment

  • January 1521: From around 1520 the Genoese controlled the port of Panama, the first port on the Pacific founded after the conquest of the Americas; the Genoese obtained the concession to exploit the port mainly for the slave trade.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1672: Destruction of Panama City following the incursion of the pirate Henry Morgan in 1671.

Disestablishment

  • January 1822: The area of Panama joined the Republic of Gran Colombia in November 1821.