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Annual Report (of the Governor of the Panama Canal) by Canal Zone
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1914-1951
Background documents relating to the Panama Canal
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prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Canal Treaties by United States
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Executive documents presented to the United States Senate, together with proceedings by the Senate theron relative to the Panama Canal.
Diplomatic history of the Panama Canal by United States
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Correspondence relating to the negotiation and application of certain treaties on the subject of the construction of an interoceanic canal, and accompanying papers.
Diplomatic History of the Panama Canal by United States
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Correspondence relating to the negotiation and application of certain treaties on the subject of the construction of an interoceanic canal, and accompanying papers.
Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Panama Canal by Joseph Pennell
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reproductions of a series of lithographs made by him on the Isthmus of Panama, January-March, 1912 ; together with impressions and notes by the artist.
Panama Canal, Official Handbook by Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.)
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The Panama Canal. Hearings concerning estimates for construction by United States
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of and fortification of [conducted on the Canal Zone by the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Sixty-second Congress] [Nov. 18, 1912] Fiscal year, 1914

The Panama Canal by George W Goethals
Publication Date: 1911

Feb 1911 National Geographic magazine article by G.W. Goethals

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