Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the Man Behind the Panama Canal |
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... opened , expenditures had risen to $ 8 million . Ten years later , in 1865 , company books showed a net gain of $ 11.34 million.9 % 95 Despite this superavit the large capital investment was endangered from the very beginning . The ...
... opened , expenditures had risen to $ 8 million . Ten years later , in 1865 , company books showed a net gain of $ 11.34 million.9 % 95 Despite this superavit the large capital investment was endangered from the very beginning . The ...
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... opened up a Pan- dora's box which signaled the eventual death of the corpora- tion . De Reinach , completely unaware of the unsavory repu- tation and spectacular financial manipulations of a confidence man named Cornelius Hertz , handed ...
... opened up a Pan- dora's box which signaled the eventual death of the corpora- tion . De Reinach , completely unaware of the unsavory repu- tation and spectacular financial manipulations of a confidence man named Cornelius Hertz , handed ...
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... opened doors for him . " 101 Philippe decided to print a flier which he hoped to dis- tribute personally to members of the government in Wash- ington . He titled his brochure Panama or Nicaragua ? He chose to have Nicaragua destroy ...
... opened doors for him . " 101 Philippe decided to print a flier which he hoped to dis- tribute personally to members of the government in Wash- ington . He titled his brochure Panama or Nicaragua ? He chose to have Nicaragua destroy ...
Contents
BunauVarillas Last Campaigns | 299 |
Appendix 1 | 335 |
Appendix 3 | 349 |
Copyright | |
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