Plan of the Panama Canal showing railways, villages and rock sections along the canal Size:9 x 11 Inches A striking choice for anyone

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Plan of the Panama Canal showing railways, villages and rock sections along the canal Size:9 x 11 Inches A striking choice for anyoneThere is something especially absorbing about old engineering maps, and this plan of the Panama Canal is full of the detail that makes them so hard to stop looking at. Showing railways, villages and rock sections along the route, it captures the canal not just as a feat of geography but as a monumental act of human ambition. With all the graphic charm of a vintage survey map and the historical weight of one of the worlds great engineering projects, it