“Panama: "…a deadly spot the end of the world almost…. There are 20,000 British coloured people working on the canal…; they are mostly from Jamaica & smell too revolting for words…. the Panamanians are a very queer people, all dagoes of course, though very pompous and dirty"”

—  Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

31 March - 1 April 1920
Around the World with the Prince of Wales

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