Download or read book The Panama Railroad written by Peter Pyne and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1848, a group of ambitious American entrepreneurs decided to embark upon a remarkable engineering feat—they would build a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The creation of the Panama Railroad ranks as one the boldest capitalist ventures in the 19th century, and would require battling climate, disease, and geography before it was completed. On a human level, it would transform the destiny of thousands of lives in America, Panama, the West Indies, and Asia, as well as in Ireland. The Panama Railroad provides the first comprehensive account of the railroad's construction, going well beyond the known stories of the titans of industry involved with its construction, such as William Aspinwall, George Law, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It seeks to correct false claims and address numerous gaps in past histories, and in particular showcases the stories of the ordinary Irish workers willing to travel halfway around the globe to pursue an uncertain future and a perilous undertaking in the hopes of escaping the devastating aftermath of the Great Famine of 1845–49.
Download or read book The Panama Railroad written by Peter Pyne and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1848, a group of ambitious American entrepreneurs decided to embark upon a remarkable engineering feat—they would build a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The creation of the Panama Railroad ranks as one the boldest capitalist ventures in the 19th century, and would require battling climate, disease, and geography before it was completed. On a human level, it would transform the destiny of thousands of lives in America, Panama, the West Indies, and Asia, as well as in Ireland. The Panama Railroad provides the first comprehensive account of the railroad's construction, going well beyond the known stories of the titans of industry involved with its construction, such as William Aspinwall, George Law, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It seeks to correct false claims and address numerous gaps in past histories, and in particular showcases the stories of the ordinary Irish workers willing to travel halfway around the globe to pursue an uncertain future and a perilous undertaking in the hopes of escaping the devastating aftermath of the Great Famine of 1845–49.
Download or read book The Panama Railroad written by Peter Pyne and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1848, a group of ambitious American entrepreneurs decided to embark upon a remarkable engineering feat—they would build a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The creation of the Panama Railroad ranks as one the boldest capitalist ventures in the 19th century, and would require battling climate, disease, and geography before it was completed. On a human level, it would transform the destiny of thousands of lives in America, Panama, the West Indies, and Asia, as well as in Ireland. The Panama Railroad provides the first comprehensive account of the railroad's construction, going well beyond the known stories of the titans of industry involved with its construction, such as William Aspinwall, George Law, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It seeks to correct false claims and address numerous gaps in past histories, and in particular showcases the stories of the ordinary Irish workers willing to travel halfway around the globe to pursue an uncertain future and a perilous undertaking in the hopes of escaping the devastating aftermath of the Great Famine of 1845–49.
Download or read book Illustrated History of the Panama Railroad written by Fessenden Nott Otis and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Picturesque Panama written by Jean Sadler Heald and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illustrated History of the Panama Railroad written by Fessenden Otis and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proposed Abandonment of Panama Railroad written by United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illustrated History of the Panama Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Panama Railroad with a guide for travelers and businessmen about Central and South America containing timetables, shipping rates, commercial activity, and information about international connections.
Download or read book Charter and Amended By laws of the Panama Railroad Company written by Panama Railroad Co and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Isthmus of Panama written by Fessenden N. Otis and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Panama Railroad with a guide for travelers and businessmen about Central and South America containing timetables, shipping rates, commercial activity, and information about international connections.
Download or read book Picturesque Panama The Panama Railroad The Panama Canal written by Jean Sadler Heald and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Panama in 1855 An Account of the Panama Rail road of the Cities of Panama and Aspinwall with Sketches of Life and Character on the Isthmus With Illustrations written by Robert TOMES (M.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Panama in 1855 written by Robert Tomes and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Communication of the Board of Directors of the Panama Railroad Company to the Stockholders written by Panama Railroad Co and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Special Mission to Panama to Study the Panama Railroad Company written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Financial History of the Panama Railroad Company 1849 1949 written by Julius Grigore, Jr. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SquareTrade (c) AP6.0 A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY, 1849-1949 An Untold Case Study Which Should be Taught in All Business and Management Universities A 193 page case study of A Brief Financial History of the Panama Railroad Company, 1849-1949 is supported by 62 charts, images, maps, and a Bibliography detailing how: John Lloyd Stephens of Maya archaeological fame, in 1848, out-maneuvered French interests from obtaining a concession, from New Granada, to build the Panama Railroad, Completion of the Panama Railroad across the Isthmus of Panama contributed to the early statehood of California, fulfilled the Manifest Destiny of the United States of America, and transformed her into a world power. The Panama Railroad Company Became the Richest Railroad Operation in History on Three Occasions, The Panama Railroad Company was Brought to Near Bankruptcy Five Times by Five Different Transcontinental Competitors, The Panama Railroad Company, a Commercial Empire Rivaling the British East India Company in Scope and Power, Dominated the Isthmus of Panama for over 100 years, French commercial interests, under the directorship of the builder of the Suez Canal, Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, defied the Monroe Doctrine to actually begin building the Panama Canal and subsequently purchase the Panama Railroad Company, in 1881, as a necessity to complete the Canal. The Panama Railroad Company employees participated in the creation of the Republic of Panama on November, 1903. Prominent personages who enter this story are: Balboa, William Henry Aspinwall, Alexander J. Center, Sam Ward, S. L. M. Barlow, Joseph Edward Simmons, Henry Chauncey, Charles G. Franklyn, Alden B. Stockwell, Charles Biddle, Columbus, John Lloyd Stephens; George M. Totten, Trenor W. Park, Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps, John Grimes Walker, Henry Clews, William C. Young, Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, John Willis Griffiths, Joseph F. Joy, David C. Hoadley, Manuel Amador, Mark Brooke, Philander C. Knox, John Newton, Joseph L. Bristow, Tracy Robinson, John G. McCullough, James Campbell, Russell Sage, Salmon Portland Chase, Thomas William Ludlow, Falmark and Peacock surveys, William Nelson Cromwell, Cornelius Vanderbilt, William Howard Taft, George Washington Goethals, Baring brothers, George "Live Oak" Law, Armand Reclus, Wyse, William Crawford Gorgas. Subject matters discussed at length are: railroads, gold, malaria and yellow fever, Panama Canal, Taboga, Vermont, Pennsylvania Railroad, New Granada, Corps of Engineers, Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Wall Street, New York Stock Exchange, Pacific Steam and Navigation Company, Monroe Doctrine, Isthmian Canal Commission, West Point, Annapolis, John Grimes Walker, merchant marine, steam and clipper ships, Rainbow and Sea Witch, Suez Canal, England, Colombia, Mexico, Spanish Conquistador, Harvard College, Colombia College, geopolitics, Promontory Point, Utah, Central American Steamship Line, Nicaragua, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, U. S. Army, Navy, and Marines, State and Treasury Departments, Central and South America, Farmer's Loan and Trust Company, United States Trust Company, Cape Horn, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Caribbean Sea, Chagres River, Christ Episcopal Church Porto Bello and Las Cruces Trails, Latin America, California, Oregon, New York, Peru, law and legal matters, civil and railroad engineering, Sullivan, Cromwell, Bidlack Mallarino Treaty, Hay Bunau Varilla Treaty, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives. This is a case study that should be introduced in every high school and college level history, business administration, and political science class and be used as a case study by every business and law university in our Nation and abroad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Jun-07-09 at 09:00:37 PDT, seller added the following information:
