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1870s-1910s: The amazing history of the Panama Canal
1870s-1910s: The amazing history of the Panama Canal
The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures
The Panama Canal is an artificial 48-mile waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key passage for maritime trade around the world.
The amount of work and effort it took to not only create and plan this canal but to construct it and get it all working was more than a feat of engineering – it was a test of human strength and endurance.
Author/Guide: David McCullough Destination: Panama Departure Time: 1870s-1910s
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