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  • Panama and the Canal in Picture and Prose

    by Willis J. Abbott ...
    Panama. They say the word means “a place of many fishes,” but there is some dissension about the exact derivation of the name of the now severed Isthmus. Indeed dissension, quarrels, wars and massacres have been the prime characteristics of Panama for four hundred years. “A place of many battles” would be a more fitting significance for the name of this tiny spot where man has been doing ceaseless ... Read more

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  • The Panama Canal

    by J. Saxon Mills ...
    It was either very careless or very astute of Nature to leave the entire length of the American continent without a central passage from ocean to ocean, or, having provided such a passage at Nicaragua, to allow it to be obstructed again by volcanic action. This imperviousness of the long American barrier had, as we shall see, important economic and political results, and the eventual opening of a ... Read more

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  • Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, 1851–1852

    by William Lewis Herndon ...
    An epic and intimate firsthand account of a true American hero's daring journey into the heart of the Amazon forest in the nineteenth century.Captain William Lewis Herndon was memorialized in Gary Kinder's bestselling book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, which recounts Herndon's final acts of heroism as his ship foundered in a hurricane off the Carolina coast in 1857. Seven years before those ... Read more

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  • The Panama Railroad

    by ORAN ...
    Before the canal, there was the railroad to connect the great oceans. This short pieces tells of the building of the railroad across the isthmus in the mid nineteenth century and details a journey by hand car on the line shortly after it was completed. ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • A History of California and an Extended History of Los Angeles

    by James Miller Guinn ...
    Few states of the United States have a more varied, a more interesting or a more instructive history than California, and few have done so little to preserve their history. In narrating the story of California, the author has endeavored to deal justly with the different eras and episodes of its history; to state facts; to tell the truth without favoritism or prejudice; to give credit where credit ... Read more

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  • A History of Panama and its Development

    by Farnham Bishop ...
    Geographically, Panama is the connecting link between South and Central America.This book originally published under the title “Panama: past and present”; tells the history of Panama and its development. “A hundred thousand years ago, when the Gulf of Mexico extended up the Mississippi Valley to the mouth of the Ohio, and the ice-sheet covered New York, there was no need of digging a Panama Canal, ... Read more

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  • Eldorado: Adventures in the Path of Empire

    by Bayard Taylor ...
    American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author, Bayard Taylor (1825 – 1878) led a remarkable life and left a fascinating legacy. His travel books are known for their keen details, humor, and adventure. His poetry still stands up and his translations were at one time considered some of the finest.In 1849, Taylor made a trip to California and Mexico. Throughout the journey he kept ... Read more

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  • Panama: A Personal Record of Forty-Six Years, 1861-1907

    by Tracy Robinson ...
    "Robinson started with the Panama Railroad and saw the Canal from start to finish." -Lincoln Review (1982)"A charming chronicler of the events of a lifetime on the Isthmus." - Panama and the canal in picture and prose (1913)"Wonderfully interesting book." - The Instructor (1913)"Probably no man knows more about Panama from personal experience than Tracy Robinson." - The Independent (1908)"After ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Philippine Islands

    by Ramon Reyes Lala ...
    This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTSPrefaceEarly History of the Islands.The British Occupation.The Spanish Colonial Government.The Church in the Colony.The Various Tribes of the Philippines.The Mohammedans of Sulu.Manila.Other Important Cities and Towns.Natural Beauty of the Archipelago.A Village Feast.History of Commerce in the Philippines.Co... ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD

  • Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror

    by Richard Linthicum & Trumbull White & Samuel Fallows ...
    IN PRESENTING this history of the San Francisco Earthquake Horror and Conflagration to the public, the publishers can assure the reader that it is the most complete and authentic history of the great disaster published. The publishers set out with the determination to produce a work that would leave no room for any other history on this subject, a task for which they had the best facilities and ... Read more

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  • Bully!

    by Theodore Roosevelt ...
    A collection containing 3 autobiographical works by President Theodore Roosevelt, including The Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and Throught the Brazilian Wilderness ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Adventures in the Gold Fields of Central America, Illustrated

    by A Guernsey ...
    A brief look at the gold industry in Central America in the mid nineteenth century, featuring the works in Nicaragua and Honduras. Digitally restored Illustrations. ... Read more

    $2.73 CAD