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THE PANAMA CANAL
THE PANAMA CANAL
A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ENTERPRISE
BY
J. SAXON MILLS, M.A.
BARRISTER-AT-LAW
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN, MANCHESTER, LEEDS PARIS, LEIPZIG, MELBOURNE, AND NEW YORK
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
DATE HISTORY OF THE CANAL.
THE PANAMA CANAL.
CHAPTER I.
THE SECRET OF THE STRAIT.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER II.
CANAL PROJECTS.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER III.
THE CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY AND THE SUEZ CANAL.
CHAPTER IV.
THE FRENCH FAILURE.
CHAPTER V.
THE HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
THE UNITED STATES AND COLOMBIA.
CHAPTER VII.
A MINIATURE REVOLUTION.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VIII.
THE BATTLE OF THE LEVELS.
CHAPTER IX.
MAN AND THE GNAT.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER X.
LIFE AT THE ISTHMUS.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XI.
THE PROBLEM OF CONSTRUCTION.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XII.
THE CULEBRA CUT.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XIII.
THE LOCKS.
CHAPTER XIV
THE COMPLETED CANAL.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XV.
PANAMA AND THE ISTHMUS.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XVI.
THE NEW OCEAN HIGHWAYS.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XVII.
THE CANAL AND THE AMERICAS.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE CANAL AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIX.
THE NEW PACIFIC.
APPENDIX I.
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL CONVENTION (COMMONLY CALLED THE HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY), 1901.
APPENDIX II.
THE PANAMA DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1903.
APPENDIX III.
THE PANAMA CANAL CONVENTION (COMMONLY CALLED THE HAY-BUNAU-VARILLA TREATY), 1904.
APPENDIX IV.
PANAMA CANAL TOLL RATES.
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