Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the Man Behind the Panama Canal |
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Page 42
... began to share the limelight with the far - away canal project . The visual evidence of this psychological phenomenon was an engineering miracle , Gustave Eiffel's imposing tower . In response to this great public feeling and in the ...
... began to share the limelight with the far - away canal project . The visual evidence of this psychological phenomenon was an engineering miracle , Gustave Eiffel's imposing tower . In response to this great public feeling and in the ...
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... began , the layer of loess extending saddle - back over the whole Culebra Hill began to drift , filling the trench , particularly after the arrival of the rains . In the lowlands , because of the incessant deluge and the sea currents ...
... began , the layer of loess extending saddle - back over the whole Culebra Hill began to drift , filling the trench , particularly after the arrival of the rains . In the lowlands , because of the incessant deluge and the sea currents ...
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... began to yell , " I have it , I have it . " 29 The commotion awoke his mother and the servants , and for a moment there was much consternation . The consensus was that Philippe had again caught , if not yellow fever , another deadly ...
... began to yell , " I have it , I have it . " 29 The commotion awoke his mother and the servants , and for a moment there was much consternation . The consensus was that Philippe had again caught , if not yellow fever , another deadly ...
Contents
BunauVarillas Last Campaigns | 299 |
Appendix 1 | 335 |
Appendix 3 | 349 |
Copyright | |
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