A 100-man investigatory team from the U.S. surveys Panama -- then a part of the Republic of Colombia -- for a feasible canal route. They deem a Panama canal too expensive and propose a canal in ...

Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal, led the project. His plan called for a sea-level canal to be dug along the path of the Panama Railroad ... across the canal route a total of ...

The Panama Canal was built by the U.S. between 1904 and 1914. It serves as a shortcut between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean, dramatically shortening shipping routes from Asia to ports in the ...

After completion in 1914, the canal helped turn the United States into an economic juggernaut. Here’s what you need to know. Spain sought a navigable route through Panama in the 1500s.

President Donald Trump’s threats to “take the Panama Canal back,” combined with climate change, have ignited a global debate ...