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Show Plans for Canal Old Plans for the construction of a canal through the Isthmus of Panama Pana-ma were proposed more than four centuries ago, says a study issued by the Columbia University Press. Al-varo Al-varo de Saavedra Ceron, a companion compan-ion of Balboa at Darien and subsequently subse-quently a lieutenant of Cortes, is generally credited with being the first to suggest the project. Between 1517 and 1529 Ceron is supposed to have engaged in extensive surveys which led him to urge the practicality practi-cality of routes closely approximating approximat-ing those most frequently recommended recom-mended by later engineers. |