They chose Panama to build the canal because it was a small piece of land separating the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The digging of the canal began in 1881.
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The Pamana Canal
The Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean.
Central America, between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans
Chemung Canal Bank Building was created in 1833.
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The Tagalog translation of "legacy" is "pamana."
The Tagalog word for "heritage" is "pamana" or "mana."
Goods moving by canal.
The Panama Canal became a shortcut for sea routes from one coast of North America to the other, as well as from Eastern Asia to the Atlantic sea routes. Thus the canal itself can be said to be a crossroad for maritime traffic worldwide.
I did not begin building the panama canal, and I did not finish it either.
Theodore Roosevelt worked with Colombia for the opportunity of building a canal in Panama.