This book provides a comprehensive historical account of the Panama Canal Project from its earliest days. It gives a detailed description of the waterway as it will be ultimately completed, and special attention is given to the enterprises of the French Company and the United States. This historical account provides an engrossing look at the development of one of the world's greatest engineering feats.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.