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What is the Panama Canal
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Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!
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| Product # | 13343-G |
|---|---|
| Author | Pascal, Janet B. |
| Grade Level | 3-7 |
| Fiction/Nonfiction | Nonfiction |
| Guided Reading Level | N |
| Publisher | RH |
| Multicultural | Mexican & Latin American |