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Above: The Cozumel airport was first graded by Compañía Mexicana de Aviación in 1929-30.

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Above: The FAM 5 (Miami to Panama) and FAM 6 (Panama to Miami via the Antilles) combined made the Circle Route; Mexicana’s Mexico routes are included as dashed lines.

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Above: Pan American Airways bought Mexicana de Aviación for $100,000 dollars.

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Above: An airmail letter sent from Cozumel’s Airport in 1929.

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Above: One of the hundreds of pre-printed envelopes that Juan Trippe, the president of Pan American Airways, had mailed to himself on the first flight from Panama. (Len Lukens Collection)

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Above: A “first flight cover” from Cozumel, stamped April 18, 1932.

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Above: On Feb 13, 1929, Lindbergh and Merritt returned to Miami with the mail they brought back from Panama.

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cluster of cluster jadeite celts from a mayan shipwreck on Cozumel

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