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Despite its small size, Panama has played a big role in history. Located at the junction of Central America and South America, its famous canal offers the fastest passage between the Atlantic and P...
Despite its small size, Panama has played a big role in history. Located at the junction of Central America and South America, its famous canal offers the fastest passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Readers will learn how Panama was first settled, how it came to be the site of one of the world's most important canals, and what life is like there today.
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- Creator
- by Jean F. Blashfield
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Children's Press, 2015
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780531207895, 0531207897
- OCLC
- ocn869141244
- Includes bibliographical references (page 134) and index.
- A country and a canal -- On the isthmus -- The wildlife exchange -- Becoming a nation -- Governing Panama -- An expanding economy -- The Panameños -- People of faith -- The Panamanian way -- Panamanian life
Subjects
- Panama -- Juvenile literature.
- Panama.
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