The Story of Panama (Classic Reprint): The New Route to India - Couverture souple

Gause, Frank A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330934113 ISBN 13 : 9781330934111

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how the Panama Canal became a global crossroads. This concise, factual account traces the long road to a new route to India, from early legends of a secret strait to the bold engineering that reshaped world travel.

The work blends history, exploration, and the practical story of building the canal. It covers the era of ambitious attempts, the French effort, and the pivotal role of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Rich with period detail and illustrations, the book reveals how politics, technology, and human effort converged in Panama.

• How early explorers imagined a waterway and the real obstacles they faced


• The French attempt and the turn to American leadership


• Organization, finances, and the daily life of workers on the Isthmus


• Key figures who influenced the project and its enduring impact on global trade

Ideal for readers of history and travel, and for anyone curious about how one feat changed the modern world.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Story of Panama: The New Route to India

The attention of the world is now turned upon Panama. For Panama that is no new experience. American history had its beginnings in this part of the world. From the day when Columbus found his path to the Indies obstructed by the low-lying Isthmus, a shorter route to India has been the dream of men and of nations.

So the story of Panama involves an account of great exploits and of great achievements. There were the daring explorers and the hardy buccaneers; then the stirring days of canal making, with Panama as the scene of the greatest engineering feat of modern times; and already there are evidences of coming expansion in new directions, following the operation of the canal.

Yet this great canal only represents improved facilities for handling a long-established transisthmian traffic. There were trade routes and trade centers on the Isthmus of Panama half a century before the foundations of St. Augustine were laid, and a century before the first permanent English colony in North America was established at Jamestown.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330934113
• ISBN 13: 9781330934111
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 308
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