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On reaching the mouth of the Orinoco River , Columbus declared that " your majesties have here a new world , " and the idea of cutting the continent to realize the dream of an artificial passage was born . ' The arrival of Vasco Nunez ...
On reaching the mouth of the Orinoco River , Columbus declared that " your majesties have here a new world , " and the idea of cutting the continent to realize the dream of an artificial passage was born . ' The arrival of Vasco Nunez ...
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Preoccupied with raising money , however , de Lesseps and his contractors paid little attention to the railroad until the problem reached crisis proportions in 1882. Then , the interim government of Climaco Calderon delivered to the ...
Preoccupied with raising money , however , de Lesseps and his contractors paid little attention to the railroad until the problem reached crisis proportions in 1882. Then , the interim government of Climaco Calderon delivered to the ...
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After two hours of paddling in waters infested with caimans and other species of the tropics the party reached dry land , the top of a hill . The boats had to be dragged to the other side of the crested promontory .
After two hours of paddling in waters infested with caimans and other species of the tropics the party reached dry land , the top of a hill . The boats had to be dragged to the other side of the crested promontory .
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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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