Historic Nautical Map - Panama Canal Profile - 1904 - 23 x 29

Description: Sites/facts specific to this historical international map are: published in 1904, the year construction of the Panama Canal began. The Profile of the Panama Canal at the top shows the plan for the canal. In 1881, a French company led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, the builder of the Suez Canal, had begun work on cutting a sea-level channel across the isthmus. The French venture collapsed in 1889 and work was halted. In 1903, the United States and Panama concluded the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty that granted the United States the right to build a canal. U.S. engineers had to decide between a sea-level canal or a lake-and-lock design that would follow the natural elevation of the land by using locks to raise and lower ships as they crossed from one ocean to the other. They opted for the latter, which necessitated construction of a series of locks at Gatun, Miraflores, and Pedro Miguel. When the canal was completed in 1914, ships no longer had to round Cape Horn to travel between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. This shortened the voyage between the east and west coasts of the United States by some 8,000 nautical miles. This antique map reproduction is situated in: Central America. CHECK OUT OUR BEAUTIFUL NAUTICAL MAPS - Water covers three quarters of the planet and waterways are vital for getting goods from one part of the globe to another. Nautical maps show you exactly what routes are most commonly used between various ports and how those goods are moved. NAUTICAL MAPS MAKE GREAT WALL ART - Are you looking for something new to add to a beach house? Are you a boating enthusiast who collects nautical memorabilia? Nautical maps are a wonderful compliment to any room. ONLY ACCEPT THE BEST PRINT QUALITY FOR YOUR REPRODUCTIONS - There are many printers and print types available on the market, when purchasing a reproduction there is no finer quality reproduction than a reproduction using the Giclee Printing method. Giclee describes the technique or style of printing used, and it is revered as the highest quality printing because of the way it precisely sprays ink onto a surface. Trust nothing less than the best! GUARNANTEED TO GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU ORDERED - This map comes exactly to the specification of 23.00 x 29.87 inches/58.42 X 75.86 cm. All of our maps come rolled, wrapped, and shipped in a heavy gauge mailing tube to ensure it arrives intact. WHY CHOOSE MAPS OF THE PAST? - Maps of the Past is one of the single largest producers of different types of maps. They legally own the rights to the maps they sell, and provide them to you in clean, clear, and vibrant print. If you are looking for a high quality map print, then look no further than Maps of the Past!

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Location: San Marcos, Texas

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