The Panama Canal: Readings on Its HistorySCOTT (copy 1): from the John Holmes Library collection. |
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... Atlantic to the Pacific without sailing around Cape Horn . This however was not particularly satisfactory , as it ... Atlantic by way of the San Juan River completed . In 1527 Hernando de la Serna was ordered to explore the Chagres River ...
... Atlantic to the Pacific without sailing around Cape Horn . This however was not particularly satisfactory , as it ... Atlantic by way of the San Juan River completed . In 1527 Hernando de la Serna was ordered to explore the Chagres River ...
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... Atlantic ; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood and those from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb tide of the latter . " The cost of building the canal was estimated at £ 7,000,000 and ...
... Atlantic ; so that ships bound from the Pacific to the Atlantic would pass with the flood and those from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb tide of the latter . " The cost of building the canal was estimated at £ 7,000,000 and ...
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... Atlantic and Pacific oceans . Signed at Washington , November 18 , 1903 ; ratification advised by the Senate , February 23 , 1904 ; ratified by the President , February 25 , 1904 ; ratified by Panama , December 2 , 1903 ; ratifications ...
... Atlantic and Pacific oceans . Signed at Washington , November 18 , 1903 ; ratification advised by the Senate , February 23 , 1904 ; ratified by the President , February 25 , 1904 ; ratified by Panama , December 2 , 1903 ; ratifications ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
No Fortifications for the Panama Canal Reprinted from American Review of Reviews | 13 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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