The Panama Canal has almost 400 years to build

The Panama Canal has almost 400 years to build The Panama Canal almost 400 years to build. Once the treasures of South America and the richest gold won producing countries there to provide support for the wars in the Mediterranean and in Europe, Spain has been discovered a long way home. The considerable quantity of gold and found that the native Indians in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia has been a dangerous and time-very long jouey before they can be presented in the Spanish Ministry of Finance. Travel 17,000 miles around years, not weeks, with the storms of Cape Ho, pirates, and diseases that are decimating many ships tried. In over 1524 consultant for Charles V suggested that a shorter path through the safe and isthmus of Panama, where a cut could be found for the enormous work required. Treasures of South America have been so great that a poll conducted by the isthmus and in 1529 was in detail the plans for a canal between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific have been in Spain. Spain during the period was too busy with the wars in Europe, and plans have been quietly forgotten. But in 1534 another great Spanish officials, is another way for the Panama Canal, the surprisingly close to the line in use. Several other plans have been made, but ignored all the Spanish kings. It was not until 1819, probably as a result of the work of scientists Humboldt in South America that the Spanish govement has finally shown an interest, and to approve the construction of a station in Panama. It also allows the creation of a company implementing the project. Once again, the project never reached. In 1848 Califoia Gold Rush led to several investigations are conducted to determine the feasibility of the canal from 1850 to 1875. These showed only two possible paths, one in Panama, and the other in Nicaragua. The Colombian govement to an inteational effort to dig a canal in 1876, as part of the isthmus, but the company did not. The builder of the Suez Canal has been called and de Lesseps, a French company for the construction of a sea-canal in Panama. The work was accompanied by numerous and serious problems, one of the most important are the tidal range in the Pacific by 20 feet, while the side of the Atlantic Ocean only 1 foot. Other errors in line and design, as well as the tropical climate issues has led to an abandonment of the project caused great financial loss to many, in 1899. However, it is entered and the U.S. signed an agreement, independence, Panama and the guarantee that the ten miles Canal Zone "are protected. Work resumed in 1904 with a radical overhaul of the system of locks and the story was in Panama when the canal was finally opened in 1914, after several difficult years, and about 390 years after the first examination. Are you interested in this topic? Try this link for more of the same