Project Gutenberg 2010-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 208 Mills, J. Saxon (John Saxon) 1929 Mills, John Saxon The Panama Canal: A history and description of the enterprise Reading ease score: 54.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Steven Gibbs, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Panama Canal: A History and Description of the Enterprise" by J. Saxon Mills is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the complex and often tumultuous journey of constructing the Panama Canal, exploring both the geophysical challenges and the geopolitical intrigues involved. Readers can expect a thorough examination of the canal's significance in global trade and politics, as well as insights into the key figures and events that shaped its development. The opening of the work introduces the reader to the historical backdrop surrounding the Panama Canal. It begins by discussing the geographical challenges posed by the isthmus and the long pursuit of navigable routes by early explorers, including Columbus and Balboa, who sought to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The narrative emphasizes the economic motivations behind the canal's construction and traces various plans proposed by previous navigators and explorers, along with the failed attempts by the French to build the canal. This introduction sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the negotiations, political maneuvering, and engineering feats that ultimately led to the canal's completion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34124/34124-h/images/frontis.jpg en Panama Canal (Panama) TC Text Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - General 444947 438521 2024-10-14T11:13:56.636847 2023-09-15T05:36:44.776705 text/html text/html 443350 2021-01-07T02:42:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2153020 2021-01-07T02:42:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2330989 2024-10-14T11:14:10.213766 application/epub+zip 2332190 2024-10-14T11:14:02.382820 application/epub+zip 231145 2024-10-14T11:13:59.817835 application/epub+zip 2641498 2024-10-14T11:14:15.802773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2582744 2024-10-14T11:14:08.364781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391253 2022-09-15T13:44:43.581294 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390097 389996 2024-10-14T11:13:55.234926 2023-09-15T05:36:43.900689 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 389767 2021-01-07T02:42:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 139884 2021-01-07T02:42:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 389790 2021-01-07T02:42:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139796 2021-01-07T02:42:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21537 2024-10-14T11:14:16.301773 application/rdf+xml 25561 2024-10-14T11:14:00.832834 image/jpeg 4836 2024-10-14T11:14:00.293845 image/jpeg 2279741 2024-10-14T11:13:56.707826 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog