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The History Of The Panama Canal
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Interest in a short route from the Atlantic to the Pacific began
with the explorers of Central America early in the 16th century. Hernán
Cortés, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico, suggested a canal across the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec; other explor .... Middle of Term Paper
... Humboldt revived interest in the project,
and in 1819 the Spanish government formally authorized the construction of
a canal and the creation of a company to build it. Nothing came of this
effort, however, and the revolt of the Spanish colonies soon took the
control of possible canal sites out of Spanish hands. The republics of
Central America instead tried to interest groups in the United States and
Europe in building a canal, and it became the subject of debate in the US
Congress. The discovery of gold in California in 1848, and the rush of
would-be miners stimulated US interest in digging the canal. Various
surveys made between 1850 an ... |
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