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Panama and the canal
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"Castilla del Oro" Golden Castile was the name Qgiven by Columbus to the Isthmus of Panama, in honor
!f of Isabella, good queen of the old Spanish kingdom of of the Spaniards" the pioneers called it, who fought to
. win the treasure from savage Indians, cruel pirates, and a deadly climate. "Key to the Pacific" some, too, have
O named it As if, when Nature raised the broad continents
CT of North and South America between the Atlantic and the
^j Pacific, she originally planned a waterway at this con-
venient spot to connect the two oceans. And then, as an after-thought, threw in this bit of land, at its narrowest point scarcely thirty miles wide, and with its hills at one place only three hundred feet above the sea, as a challenge to the strength and skill of mankind.
Fourhundredyearsagomenacceptedthechallenge. First Spain, then Scotland, England, and France poured out money and life in a vain effort to build a waterway and to defeat the powers of Nature. Last of all, the United
States, led by a dauntless President, took up the fight.
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Castile. Golden, indeed, it was to be, a land of treasure
far beyond the dreams of the Great Discoverer. "Grave
Alfred B - Personal Name
1st Edtion
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Panama and the canal
English Language
English
FB & Ltd
2003
USA
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