The Panama Canal workers suffered from deadly endemic diseases. These were known as yellow fever and malaria. These diseases practically disabled many and killed at least 20k workers in the 1880's.
Theodore Roosevelt worked with Colombia for the opportunity of building a canal in Panama.
The French and the U.S. worked together to build the Panama canal.
diseases
The French and the U.S. worked together to build the Panama canal.
1,000,000 at least
tropical diseases
i think that the panama canal was worked on in the year of 1842
killed people
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
The diseases that had to be conquered first before the Panama Canal could be built are Malaria and Yellow Fever. Tens of thousands of workers fell ill from these diseases.