Show Panama City Lity ity Has Much to Interest Tourists Touris Although Is Is one one of or the most ancient cities In to the New world Jt it U La to the United States Stales that It owes much of Its present prestige and wealth After the full tall of the Inca Inco kingdoms and ond the draining of ot their great veat stores of gold and ond other wealth the sacking of the old city by pirates end and the decline of Spanish sea seo power Panama went Into Inlo a 0 partial eclipse Panama perpetrates one ono of ot the tho greatest of geographic jokes on those who visit It From Crow the sea sen wall promenade prom enade nade one can cnn see seo the sun sun rise ma mn majestically from the broad brood blue bosom ot of the Pacific which to most t Americans Ameri Amerl cans cane Is the proper place only for a potting sun And when one sails from Panama Moma city to 10 Colon the Atlantic terminal of the canal tile the direction Is from southeast to northwest Instead of vf from west to east as os might reasonably reasonably reason reason- ably obly be expected Although the prevent present city of 01 Panama Ian Pan ama dUhs dUh's from the tho Seventeenth century cen cen- cen tury fury It Is considered historically the new city to distinguish It from old Panama now In ruins a few miles to the east cast Old Panama was entirely destroyed by the notorious pirate Henry Morgan National Geographic Society |