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Description: | Medal commemorating the first Spanish expedition to the Isthmus of Panama, 1886. Obverse: Bust of the Marquis de Campo (left). Legend: 'QUIEN BIEN VELA TODO SE LE REVELA'; 'NAVEGACION UNIVERSAL UNION DE LOS MARES' (To the good watchman all is revealed. Universal navigation, union of the seas). Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a steamship barque-rigged; tools, bales, etc. Left, a palm tree with sun rising behind (right) above two flying female figures representing Europe and America. Legend: 'PRIMERA EXPEDICION ESPA�OLA AL ISTMO DE PANAMA' (below) 'INICIADA Y COSTEADA POR EL MARQUES DE CAMPO' (At the initiation and cost of the Marquis de Campo). Exergue: '10 MARZO - 16 MAYO 1886'.
caption: Medal commemorating the first Spanish expedition to the Isthmus of Panama, 1886; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the first Spanish expedition to the Isthmus of Panama, 1886; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Marquis de medals Campo | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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