Classic short cut , advantage taken of (relatively) small land distance to overcome to present huge financial and time savings to commercial shipping.
The location of the canal made it difficult to build because of its distance from the countries buliding it.
Suez canal
that it took $5Mil and that it took 5 years to have it made
Colombia owned Panama and would not let the canal be built.
Lake Erie. The canal was named the Erie Canal.
PANAMA
Egypt.
Suez Canal.
pamana
anterior
Asia - Gobi Desert .Central America - Panama Canal .Africa - Sahara Desert .The Middle East - Suez Canal .Apex'(:
The causes of the Panama Canal are location, commerce, and the human drive to overcome obstacles.