Moon Spotlight Panama City The Panama Canal

Author : William Friar
Publisher : Moon Travel
ISBN 13 : 9781612382982
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moon Spotlight Panama City & the Panama Canal written by William Friar and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moon Spotlight Panama City & the Panama Canal is a 125-page compact guide covering Panama City, the Panama Canal, and central Isthmus. Author William Friar offers his firsthand advice on must-see attractions, as well as maps with sightseeing highlights, so you can make the most of your time. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation, making navigating these popular destinations in the "Crossroads of the Americas" uncomplicated and enjoyable. This Spotlight guidebook is excerpted from Moon Panama.

Author : Sheila Bender
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780898798135
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Personal Poetry written by Sheila Bender and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moon Spotlight Panama City & the Panama Canal is a 125-page compact guide covering Panama City, the Panama Canal, and central Isthmus. Moon Panama author William Friar offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this destination. This Spotlight guidebook is excerpted from Moon Panama.

Author : William Friar
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1943328684
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Portrait of the Panama Canal written by William Friar and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic from William Friar about the Panama Canal has been completely updated and revised in time for the opening of the expanded locks. This engaging collection of contemporary and archival photographs is illuminated by Friar’s lively and informative text. Though the dream began as early as 1513 when Vasco Nuñez de Balboa first crossed the isthmus and saw the Pacific Ocean, it was not until 1914 that the Panama Canal became a reality. The French had started excavation for the Canal in 1869, but the work was beset by earthquakes and landslides; disease—malaria, yellow fever, cholera, beriberi, smallpox, and typhoid fever; and wild animals—from pumas and jaguars to a whole menagerie of poisonous snakes. By 1889, the money ran out and the whole enterprise collapsed in a cloud of scandal and bankruptcy that drove the French government from power. Some fifteen years later, on November 12, 1904, after much debate and political maneuvering, the first Americans arrived, and the work began again. The Canal opened less than ten years later, on August 15, 1914. For sixty-five years, the United States operated the Canal, but 1979 saw the start of a twenty-year transition. On December 31, 1999, control and day-to-day operations were turned fully over to the Republic of Panama. In the past fifteen years, the following changes have taken place in the Canal: widening the Gaillard Cut so two PANAMAX ships can pass each other; deepening the navigational channel in Gatun Lake to increase the capacity of the water reservoir; adding a new vessel traffic-management system that uses satellite Global Positioning System technology; the construction of two new sets of single-lane, three-step locks—one set at the Atlantic entrance and one at the Pacific; and adding two new navigational channels to connect the new locks to existing channels. In words and in photographs—both historical and contemporary—Portrait of the Panama Canal traces the story of the Canal from its beginnings as just a dream to its present reality as one of the wonders of the world.

Author : Willis John Abbot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Panama and the Canal in Picture and Prose written by Willis John Abbot and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Luis Luna Herrera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Panama Canal written by Luis Luna Herrera and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ulrich Keller
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs written by Ulrich Keller and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 1983 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale of the canal's construction unfolds in a compelling narrative of risks, hardships, disasters, and triumph. More than 160 historic photographs document the hitherto unparalleled technological achievement, depicting exotic settings, workers' housing, Canal Zone's internal government, dredging operations, and other scenes from a true story of adventure, revolution, ordeal, and accomplishment.

Author : Judith St. George
Publisher : Putnam Juvenile
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Panama Canal written by Judith St. George and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 1989 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of the Panama Canal from the time Colombus first anchored off the coast of Panama through the signing of the 1977 United States-Panama treaties.

Author : Bob Hines
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1681062526
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazing Ashville: The Most Colorful Community in America written by Bob Hines and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of the Buckeye State, nestled amongst the corn and soy bean fields lies one of the most colorful rural communities in the United States. In Amazing Ashville, you’ll find a guide to all the weird and wonderful aspects of this Ohio community unlike any other, just waiting for you to unearth its uncounted mysteries. Read countless true tales of small town lore, like the dog who voted Republican, the rooster that paid for his own meals, the egg laid by an artistic goose, or the coin collector who was served in a soup. This rural community is the home of the first automated highway tests, the world’s largest woman, and the original Spiderman. Local author Bob Hines takes you on a fascinating tour of the community he’s proud to call home. You may not have ever experienced Ashville’s unusual traffic light that has found its way into Guinness World Records, but with Amazing Ashville to lead you, you’ll want to stop by for much longer than it takes the light to change.

Author : Orlando Martínez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Panama Canal written by Orlando Martínez and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the historical background of the Panama Canal including its creation, engineering and construction, and discusses the surrounding issues of financial scandal, political subterfuge, imperialism and entrepreneurial daring.

Author : Herbert Knapp
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Red, White, and Blue Paradise written by Herbert Knapp and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1984 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: