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The History Of The Panama Canal
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....rica early in the 16th century. Hernán
Cortés, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico, suggested a canal across the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec; other explorers favored routes through Nicaragua
and Darién. The first project for a canal through the Isthmus of Panama was
initiated by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who in 1523 orde.... Part 2 of Paper
....al, and it became the subject of debate in the US
Congress. The discovery of gold in California in 1848, and the rush of
would-be miners stimulated US interest in digging the canal. Various
surveys made between 1850 and 1875 indicated that only two routes were
practical, the one across Panama and that across Nicaragua. In 1876 an
international company was organized; two years later it obtained a
concession from the Colombian government (Panama was then part of Colombia)
to dig a canal across the.... |
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