Panama and the Canal To-day: An Historical Account of the Canal Project from the Earliest Times with Special Reference to the Enterprises of the French Company and the United States, with a Detailed Description of the Waterway as it Will be Ultimately Constructed: Together with a Brief History of the Country and the First Comprehensive Account of Its Physical Features and Natural ResourcesL.C. Page, 1912 - Počet stran: 474 |
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... hands of the youngest of na- tions . When , a few years hence , the Panama Canal shall be opened to the fleets and the mer- chant marine of the world , the dream of Colum- bus to sail from Spain to Cathay , with his prow ever pointing ...
... hands of the youngest of na- tions . When , a few years hence , the Panama Canal shall be opened to the fleets and the mer- chant marine of the world , the dream of Colum- bus to sail from Spain to Cathay , with his prow ever pointing ...
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... hand large shipments of various commodities for the use of the colonists and articles to be bartered with the Indians were carried over the same road , and from Panama distributed to the settlements in the north and south . In time the ...
... hand large shipments of various commodities for the use of the colonists and articles to be bartered with the Indians were carried over the same road , and from Panama distributed to the settlements in the north and south . In time the ...
Strana 11
... hand and the countries of eastern Asia on the other . At the same time the explorations of Davila paved the way for interoceanic traffic in the Nicaraguan country . Meanwhile the idea of a ship canal had al- ready arisen in more than ...
... hand and the countries of eastern Asia on the other . At the same time the explorations of Davila paved the way for interoceanic traffic in the Nicaraguan country . Meanwhile the idea of a ship canal had al- ready arisen in more than ...
Strana 15
... sacked and burned to the ground . It was never rebuilt on the original site , and Spanish commerce at this point died at the hands of a brutal pirate . The repeated success of the English in their attacks upon The Dream of the Strait 15.
... sacked and burned to the ground . It was never rebuilt on the original site , and Spanish commerce at this point died at the hands of a brutal pirate . The repeated success of the English in their attacks upon The Dream of the Strait 15.
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... hand , from a native canoe upon a wild and desolate island , their retinue consisting of half a dozen Indians who clear the path with rude knives , strike their glittering axes into the near- est tree ; the rapid blows reverberate from ...
... hand , from a native canoe upon a wild and desolate island , their retinue consisting of half a dozen Indians who clear the path with rude knives , strike their glittering axes into the near- est tree ; the rapid blows reverberate from ...
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