The Panama Canal: An Exercise in International Relations |
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... passed over to the Cape Horn route under the influence of the intense piracy in the Caribbean , of changes in nautical techniques and naval technology , but , above all , because the merchandise that was being carried had different ...
... passed over to the Cape Horn route under the influence of the intense piracy in the Caribbean , of changes in nautical techniques and naval technology , but , above all , because the merchandise that was being carried had different ...
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... passed across the isthmus as the gold from Peru , without resulting in any relevant benefits for the Panamanians . Furthermore , with the operation of the railroad , other means of transportation became drastically obsolete , thus ...
... passed across the isthmus as the gold from Peru , without resulting in any relevant benefits for the Panamanians . Furthermore , with the operation of the railroad , other means of transportation became drastically obsolete , thus ...
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... passed through the completed canal on august 3 , 1914 , and , on august 15 , 16 the same year , the canal was opened to commerce . The canal ranges in bottom - width from 90 to 300 meters . It is 58 kilometers long from shore to shore ...
... passed through the completed canal on august 3 , 1914 , and , on august 15 , 16 the same year , the canal was opened to commerce . The canal ranges in bottom - width from 90 to 300 meters . It is 58 kilometers long from shore to shore ...
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19th century agree areas Article auxiliary Canal operating revenues Cannabrava capital Caribbean Castillero cent Central America channel Colombia colonial construction economic Ecuador establish firm Galeta Gatun gold grants a concession Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty hectares Ibid importance Inter-American international relations interoceanic investment isthmus land Latin America Luis Herrera Madden Lake maintain maintenance ment military million negotiated Nueva Granada Parliament Omar Torrijos Panama Canal Commission Panama Canal Treaties Panama Canal Zone Panama grants Panamanian flags Panamanian government payment Peru political Proposed Panama Canal protection and defense Raimo Väyrynen ratification rela related agreements Remon-Eisenhower Treaty represented Republic of Panama route sea-level canal ships signed Statesman's Year-Book subsequent territory tions tolls trade transit the Canal Treaty and related U.S. and Panamanian U.S. Armed Forces U.S. citizens U.S. Congress U.S. is granted U.S. rights U.S. Senate U.S. troops U.S. undersign undersign a Treaty United States dollar Universal del Canal vessels waterway