She proved to be a barco de aviso, or packet-boat, that was going with letters form Panama to Lima.

As a seastead supporter wrote on one of our discussion forums, a key difference between the founders of nations and the creators of seasteads is that seasteading aggresses against no one. That humans may settle new territory consistent with the principle of nonaggression is a remarkable development in the human experience.

There's a lot of guesswork involved.

This pattern can be explained by seasonal differences in the strength of microstratification at the surface of the lake.