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Now , if there were no swells , the sand and mud of the shore could not become mingled with the water . With the help of a giant marine dredge , he dared Poseidon to invade his trench . Months later , the cut opened by the mechanical ...
Now , if there were no swells , the sand and mud of the shore could not become mingled with the water . With the help of a giant marine dredge , he dared Poseidon to invade his trench . Months later , the cut opened by the mechanical ...
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118 Before departing , on April 11 , 1901 , Philippe visited Carlos Martinez Silva , the new Colombian envoy , who months before had installed Manuel Marroquin as president in Bogota . The obsequious Senor Silva promised Philippe to ...
118 Before departing , on April 11 , 1901 , Philippe visited Carlos Martinez Silva , the new Colombian envoy , who months before had installed Manuel Marroquin as president in Bogota . The obsequious Senor Silva promised Philippe to ...
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His salary of $ 1,000 a month as minister of Panama , totaling by the end of March no more than $ 5,000 , had been ... His residences in the United States — the Waldorf Astoria , the New Willard Hotel and , for five critical months ...
His salary of $ 1,000 a month as minister of Panama , totaling by the end of March no more than $ 5,000 , had been ... His residences in the United States — the Waldorf Astoria , the New Willard Hotel and , for five critical months ...
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Contents
BunauVarillas Last Campaigns | 299 |
Appendix 1 | 335 |
Appendix 3 | 349 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the Man Behind the Panama Canal |
| Author | G. A. Anguizola |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Nelson-Hall, 1980 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 12 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0882293974, 9780882293974 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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