Instead it had been conceived to 'provide an inaugural ceremony for a decision already made by.Ferdinand de Lesseps. The International Congress on the Study of an Interoceanic Canal of 1879 in Paris was ostensibly an international gathering of knowledgeable delegates who would arrive at an 'impartial, scientific, international sanction' about the location and type of interoceanic canal. Differences in language, customs and religious practices kept the breach wide.' What (if anything) do you think that the canal leaders could have done to improve relations with local people? In your opinion, should that have been a priority or were there too many other pressing issues?Ģ. An American journalist noted, 'In temperament and tradition, we are miles away from the Panamanians.the age-old hostility to the 'Gringo' is deep-rooted. The relations between Panamanians and the canal builders progressively worsened during the construction period. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 by David McCulloughġ. Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs), The Path Between the Seas is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale.

It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures.

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