Path of Empire: Panama and the California Gold Rush
(Part of the The United States in the World Series)
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Most people in the United States have forgotten that tens of thousands of U.S. citizens migrated westward to California by way of Panama during the California Gold Rush. Decades before the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, this slender spit of land abruptly became the linchpin of the fastest route between New York City and San Francisco--a route that combined travel by ship to the east coast of Panama, an overland crossing to Panama City,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801445213
ISBN13:9780801445217
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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