1906 Four Centuries of Panama Canal Willis Fletcher Johnson Colombia Isthmian

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1906 Four Centuries of Panama Canal Willis Fletcher Johnson Colombia IsthmianA 460-page, hard-cover book titled "Four Centuries of the Panama Canal," with maps and illustrations, written by Willis Fletcher Johnson, and published by Henry Holt and Company in 1906.This is an ex-library book with library binding and some of the wear and light damage generally found in a library book, including rubbed covers and spine, plus card pocket and various stamps and markings. There are some writings and notations on the contents pages and scattered on a handful of pages throughout the book. There are around eight pages that have detached from the book but are still included. There is wear throughout the book such as bent corners, some tearing, foxing and dirt smudges - all things I think are normal for an ex-library book that is over 100 years old. The pages are very readable, and the book is complete and the binding is secure (with the exception of the few loose pages mentioned above).Contents:Chapter I - The Quest of Columbus:Columbus's Aim not to Find a New Continent but to Find a Water Highway from Europe to Asia - Theories of the World from Aristotle to Toscanelli - Some Ante-Columbian Adventures - The Alleged Letter and Map of Toscanelli - The Reports of Marco Polo and Mandeville - Thinae - Columbus in Quest of the Land of the Great Khan - His Identification of America with Asia - The "Garden of Eden" - Origin of the Legend of the Strait - Isthmian Explorations of His Fourth Voyage - The Map of Waldseemuller - Persistence of Columbus's DelusionChapter II - The Secret of the Strait:The Quests of Ojeda and Bastidas - La Cosa and Vespucci - First Colonies on the Gulf of Darien - Pizarro and Enciso - The Advent of Balboa - Rivalry with Enciso - Discovery of the Pacific Ocean - Pedrarias Davila and His Deviltries - The First Ships in the South Sea - Judicial Murder of Balboa - Founding of Panama - The Pearl Islands - Explorations at Nicaragua and Tehuantepec - Work of De Soto and His Colleagues - The Voyage of Magellan - Cortez and Mythical Strait - First Proposal of a Canal - Alvaro de Saavedra Ceron - Four Rival Canal Routes in the Time of Cortez - Decree of Charles V - Reversed by Philip II - Advent of the English Freebooters - Morgan the Buccaneer - Sharpe and Wafer - William Paterson's Colonial Enterprise - Explorations of Condamine and UlloaChapter III - Early Plans and Rivalries:Humboldt's Observations and Recommendations - Nine Canal Routes across the Americas - Discussions of Panama and Darien - The "Secret of the Strait" again - Goethe's Remarkable Prophecies - Rise of American Interest in the Canal Scheme - The First Pan-American Congress - The First Nicaragua Canal Company - A French Franchise at Panama - Question of the Level of the Two Seas - Various American Expeditions to Nicaragua - Interest of the French Government - Humboldt's Renewed Suggestions - Louis Napoleon's Schemes at NicaraguaChapter IV - The Clayton-Bulwer Episode:Origin of the British Claims in Central America - The Mosquito Indians and Their Kings - Planting of British Colonies - Controversies with Spain - Rapid Expansion of Belize and Mosquitia - The Bay Islands - Aggressions upon Nicaragua - The American Migration to California - Treaty with New Granada - Enterprises at Nicaragua - Hise's Treaty - Squier's Treaty - Seizure of Tigre Island - The Recommendations of Abbott Lawrence - Negotiation of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty - Its Provisions - Dissatisfaction with Its Terms - Walker the Filibuster - The British Treaty with NicaraguaChapter V - Some Futile Schemes:Felix Belly and His Concessions - Effective Protest of the United States - End of Louis Napoleon's Schemes - The Tehuantepee Route - Rival Explorations at Panama - Persistent Efforts of Frederick Kelly to Find a Route - A Sea-Level Canal Considered - Renewal of French Enterprises - The Proposed Chiriqui Colony - Surveys of Lull and Menocal - Gradual Development of American Policy - The Dickinson-Ayon T... read more

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