Informal Research on Panama Assignment | Online Homework Help

1. I´ve chosen Panama as our cultural focus. Please do some informal research on Panama to find something that interests you. It could be a festival, a holiday, traditional clothing, song, dance, historical moments, anything related to the Spanish spoken there or if there are other official languages, different cultures within Panama, famous food, a famous person i.e. musician, singer, artist, author, sportsperson, actor/actress, etc. Write a decent-sized paragraph (in English), summarizing, in your own words, what you found. Any copying and pasting will earn you an automatic Zero 🙂 Also include, why you chose to discuss the particular topic you did and why you think it´s important. Please include the link to the website where you found your information. 2. Reply to another post I send u

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal proved a vital component to expanding global trade routes in the 20th century so I decided I’d talk about it.

An isthmus is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water. The Isthmus of Darien lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.  The idea of connecting the two seas dates back to the 1500’s and thought of by King Charles I of Spain as a potential shortcut from Europe to eastern Asia.

France was the first country to attempt the feat in 1880 however they faced many challenges along the way, such as incessant raining (which caused landslides), malaria and yellow fever; all of which resulted in a cut of funding and abandoning the project in 1888. In 1902 the US purchased the French’s assets in the canal zone for 40 million dollars. After the United States recognized the Republic of Panama and a treaty was signed (Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty) which granted the U.S. exclusive and permanent possession of the Panama Canal Zone. The U.S. faced the same issued the French did but by August 15, 1914 the Panama Canal officially opened totaling 350 million dollars. 56,000 worked employed between 1904 and 1913, roughly 5,600 were reportedly killed.

The canal hosted its 1 millionth passing ship in September 2010.

Link (链接到外部网站。) Panama Canal