Is a Ship Canal Practicable?

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S. T. Abert. Is a Ship Canal Practicable?

Is a Ship Canal Practicable?

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

TEHUANTEPEC

HONDURAS

NICARAGUA

CHIRIQUI

COSTA RICA

PANAMA

SAN BLAS AND BAYANO RIVER

DARIEN

SAN MIGUEL TO THE GULF OF URABÀ

ATRATO

DE LA CHARME ROUTE—BY THE WAY OF TUYRA, PAYA, AND CAQUARRI TO THE ATRATA

ROUTES OF PORTER, KENNISH, AND TRAUTWINE

MICHLER’S ROUTE

CHAPTER VII

BAROMETER

CLIMATE

INDIANS

BUILDING MATERIAL

WOOD AND TIMBER

GEOLOGY

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S. T. Abert

Published by Good Press, 2021

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After an examination of all the plans, the commission reported favorably on that which has just been successfully executed. The work found a few friends among the English people and in Parliament.

Lord Palmerston, being interrogated, declared that the scheme was hostile to the interest of the country. His real objection was obscurely hinted. “It is founded,” he remarked, “in remote speculations in regard to easier access to our Indian possessions, which I need not more distinctly shadow forth, because they will be obvious to any body who pays attention to the subject.” He further characterized it as one of those plans “so often brought out to make dupes of the English people,” and he expressed his preference for the communication by railroad between Suez and Cairo. As this railroad can never be more than a passenger route, it is evident that its influence on commerce must always be insignificant.

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