The Panama Canal The Panama Canal was one of the greatest accomplishments by mankind, in my opinion. Among the great peaceful endeavors of mankind that have contributed significantly to progress in the world, the construction of the Canal stands as an awe-inspiring achievement. The idea of a path between North and South America is older than their names. In 1534, Charles I of Spain, ordered the first survey of a proposed canal route through the Isthmus …showed first 75 words of 981 total…

…showed last 75 words of 981 total…it continues to be as useful as the day it became operational. An operation that was impossible only 30 years earlier. Killer diseases, high costs, seemingly impossible excavations, all faced the engineers at the Canal Zone, but one by one they were overcome until the Panama Canal alone stood out from among the rubble and invited people of the world to come and cruise her waters - a new pathway for the ever-expanding, ever-changing human race.