What is the Panama Canal? by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley
Material type: TextSeries: What wasPublication details: New York, NY Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017Description: 108 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates ill., mapsISBN:- 9780448478999 (pbk)
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Hat is the Panama Canal? -- From the Atlantic to the Pacific -- A railroad built on corpses -- A canal? -- The French try their hand -- The United States steps in -- War! -- Killing mosquitoes -- A man with a plan -- Finishing the job -- Success! -- The Canal today.
Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast.
But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!
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