Show Plans for Canal Old Plans for tor the construction of a canal through the Isthmus of Panama Panama Panama Pana Pana- ma were proposed more than four tour centuries ago says a study issued by bythe bythe bythe the Columbia University Press Alvaro Alvaro Alvaro Al- Al varo de Saavedra Ceron a companion companion compan compan- ion of ot Balboa at Darien and subsequently subsequently subsequently 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 practicality of routes closely approximating ing those most frequently recommended recommended recommended mended by later engineers |