Marmaduke B. Sampson
Published: 2017-10-12
Total Pages: 34
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Excerpt from Central America: And the Transit Between the OceansBut the discovery of California has now settled the ques tion of a profitable result; and, in a much shorter time than most persons in England are even yet prepared to expect, not merely a communication, but a choice of communica tions, is certain to be opened up. These will be respectively at Panama and Nicaragua; the former by railway and steam boat in the first instance, and ultimately by railway entirely the latter, chiefly by steam-boat in the first instance, and ulti mately by a complete canal both for steam-boats and sailing vessels.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.