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1831 reference in googlebooks, Blackwood's magazine.
http://books.google.com/books?id=YL...E0QuwUwAg#v=onepage&q=1831 panama hat&f=false
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1831 predates the Panama railroad by a good stretch.
It's highly possible the name (in whatever language) goes back even further.
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