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... Pacific without sailing around Cape Horn . This however was not particularly satisfactory , as it was too far south and the navigation stormy and difficult . In 1521 the Emperor Charles V acknowledged the services of Francisco de Garay ...
... Pacific without sailing around Cape Horn . This however was not particularly satisfactory , as it was too far south and the navigation stormy and difficult . In 1521 the Emperor Charles V acknowledged the services of Francisco de Garay ...
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... Pacific Ocean at Playa Prieta , the northern suburb of the city of Panama . Four tracks were laid at the Atlantic and three at the Pacific terminus , and the line of the road was well supplied with sidings and machinery for reversing ...
... Pacific Ocean at Playa Prieta , the northern suburb of the city of Panama . Four tracks were laid at the Atlantic and three at the Pacific terminus , and the line of the road was well supplied with sidings and machinery for reversing ...
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... Pacific . " 31 Such support was to continue for years . · • In the decade following 1889 , the year the Maritime Company actually undertook the construction of a Nicaragua canal , various legislative bodies , trade associations , canal ...
... Pacific . " 31 Such support was to continue for years . · • In the decade following 1889 , the year the Maritime Company actually undertook the construction of a Nicaragua canal , various legislative bodies , trade associations , canal ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
Selected Abstracts Reprinted from Report of the AtlanticPacific Interoceanic Canal | 15 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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