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The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs
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Ulrich Keller

In 1889 the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocanique declared bankruptcy. The French firm's optimistic and ill-planned attempt to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Panama had resulted in the death of 22,000 workers (most from yellow fever, typhoid fever, and malaria); the complete loss of one and a half billion francs for the company's 800,000 shareholders; and the bitter fa…

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9780486319254
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