What Is the Panama Canal? (WhoHQ)
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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!
Info
ISBN: 9780448478999
Published Date: July 17, 2014
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Language: English
Page Count: 112
Size: 7.61" l x 5.27" w x 0.27" h
Age Classification: Ages 9 to 12
Category
Tweens Nonfiction