The Panama Canal (History's Great Structures)

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Автор: Stephen Currie

Название: The Panama Canal

Издательство: San Diego: Reference Point Press

Год: 2015

Формат: pdf

Размер: 37 mb

Язык: английский

Серия: History's Great Structures

The Panama Canal, which links the Pacific and Atlantic oceans through 44 miles of Central America, will have been open for 100 years in 2014. Constructed in a difficult environment by workers from many nations, the canal increased trade and eased global travel. The canal was a major feat of engineering in its timeand continues to be an impressive piece of work today.

Contents

Important Events in the History of the Panama Canal

Introduction: The Canal

A Plan

Construction

The Workers

Transition

The Future

Source Notes

Facts About Panama Canal

For Further Research

Index

Picture Credits

About the Author

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