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HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Constable & Co 1913. Ex library, small quarto, orange buckram boards with gilt lettering to spime & front board, frontispiece, xx + 568pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, light fraying to spine extrems and boards edges & corners, some browning & soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning to page wedges, relevant newspaper cutting glued to rear ep, crease to several page corners)

London: Constable & Co Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Ex.-lib. Cover rubbed and marked. 1913. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). xx, 568pp + plates & maps. 33 b/w plates; 2 fold out maps. [The history of the Panama Canal goes back to 16th century. After realizing the riches of Peru, Ecuador, and Asia, and taking into account the time it took the gold to reach the ports of Spain, by sea it was suggested to Charles V that by cutting out a piece of land somewhere in Panama, the trips would be made much shorter and the risk of taking the treasures through the isthmus would justify such an enterprise. In 1819 after centuries of deliberation the Spanish government formally authorized the construction of a canal and the creation of a company to build it. The discovery of gold in California in 1848 and the rush of would-be miners stimulated Americas interest in digging the canal. 'De Lesseps' was not an engineer, but was appointed… Read More