In 1698 the nobles and landowners of the kingdom of scotland tried to elevate their country to a world trading nation by colonize ing the isthmus of panama .
1698年,苏格兰王国的贵族与大地主试图通过殖民统治巴拿马地峡把他们的国家提升为世界贸易强国。
Ideas for new routes across the tantalisingly narrow panamanian isthmus are not new , however .
然而,在异常狭窄的巴拿马地峡上修建新路线的想法早已有之。
Balboa 's mules crossed the isthmus at panama in 1513 , and pizarro mounted the andean spine in 1530 .
巴布亚的骡子于1513年在巴拿马越过地峡,然后皮泽洛在1530年爬上安德斯的脊柱。
But I am assuming that an isthmus between kent , east sussex and pas-de-calais would be the cheapest , most popular means of reconnecting with the continent .