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In 1894, a second French company, the Compagnie Nouvelle du Canal de Panama (New Panama Canal Company), was created to take over the project. Phillipe Bunau-Varilla was asked to act as chief engineer. To comply with the terms of the contract, work began immediately on the Culebra excavation.
Panama Canal Zone: 1903–1979 Concession of the United States in Panama First administered under the Isthmian Canal Commission, but later governorship was awarded for the Panama Canal Zone [4] Haiti: 1915–1934 Military occupation Occupied for the financial interests of the United States in the stabilization of Haiti, a part of the Banana ...
The Causeway Islands (Spanish: Islas Calzada de Amador) are four small islands by the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. They are linked to the mainland via a causeway, made from rock extracted during the excavations from the Panama Canal. In part the causeway was meant to serve as a breakwater for the entrance.
A ship is guided through the Panama Canal's Miraflores locks near Panama City on April 24, 2023. (Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)
The Interests of Civilization: Reaction in the United States Against the Seizure of the Panama Canal Zone, 1903-1904 (Lund studies in international history, 1985). McCullough, David (1977). The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-24409-4.
The United States of America annexes a triangle of island between the Rio Chagres, Caribbean Sea and the Panama Canal Zone. [18] 12 December: Hongxian proclaims the Empire of China. Beijing is the capital. 1916: 22 March: The Empire of China is abolished. 5 November: Germany and Austria-Hungary proclaim the establishment of the Kingdom of Poland.
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