Panama Canal

The Panama Canal

Until the Panama Canal was accomplished, a ship's head individual who liked to travel from New York to San Francisco had to proceed all the way round the countries of South America. Passing the south tilt was very unsafe because of its proximity to Antarctica and the South Pole. The Panama Canal shortens the journey from 13,000 miles to 5,200 miles.

The Spanish explorer Balboa weighed the advantage of a canal going through the narrowest part of Central America as early as 1515. Some of the millions of tons of rocks and soil excavated from the canal itself ...