| Title | : | What Is the Panama Canal? |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ & Tim Foley |
| Release | : | 2014-07-17 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | History for Kids, Books, Kids, Computers & Tech for Kids |
| Size | : | 68795984 |
| Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal! |
