Although the sea and rivers provided adequate waterways for transportation, the Appalachian Mountains did pose a problem. Many miles needed to be traveled over land, which would have not been so hard if the roads then were not so rough.
Africa
It is built to help boats travel through parts that have no way to get by.
Panama Canal
Panama Canal :)
Before the Panama Canal, a ship would need to travel all the way south to the southern tip of Chile in South America and then north to New York City. See the related link for a picture.
They built the Panama canal.
The American Revolution started in 1776. The Erie Canal was started in 1817.
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.
he Suez Canal was built by a company from which country?
After the Panama Canal was completed in 1914, it significantly reduced the travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Before the canal, ships had to navigate around the southern tip of South America, which could take weeks. With the canal, the journey was shortened to about 8 to 10 hours, depending on specific conditions and ship type. Thus, the canal revolutionized maritime travel by dramatically improving transit times.
Suez canal was built as if anyone would travel from europe to india they had go all the way to cape of hope and then go to india.Because of this canal we can directly go to india through medditaranian sea.
United States built the Panama Canal.