The Panama Canal

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Panama Canal, by Frederic Jennings Haskin, Illustrated by Ernest Hallen
The 5 Points of Authority in this Book
1. All of the chapters in this book pertaining to the actual construction of the Canal were read and corrected by Colonel George W. Goethals, Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission. 2. All of the illustrations were made from photographs taken by Mr. Ernest Hallen, the official photographer of the Commission. 3. The book contains the beautiful, colored Bird's-eye View of the Canal Zone, made under the direction of the National Geographic Society, as well as the black-and-white official map of the Canal. 4. The extensive index was prepared by Mr. G. Thomas Ritchie, of the staff of the Library of Congress. 5. The final proofs were revised by Mr. Howard E. Sherman, of the Government Printing Office, to conform with the typographical style of the United States Government.
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The American Government,
by the same author, was read by millions of Americans, and still holds the record as the world's best seller among all works of its kind.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE PANAMA CANAL ATLANTIC OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN Courtesy, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D. C. Copyright, 1913, by the J. N. Matthews Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, ETC.
Illustrated from photographs taken by ERNEST ALLEN Official Photographer of the Isthmian Canal Commission
Garden City New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1913
Copyright, 1913, by Doubleday, Page & Company All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
Press of J. J. Little & Ives Co. New York