Panama Canal By Cruise Ship - 5th Edition: The Complete Guide to Cruising the Panama Canal

by Anne Vipond

Overview

One of the greatest peacetime epics of human endeavor, the creation of the Panama Canal captured, for decades, the world's imagination. Now a major cruise destination, the Canal was the 'moon launch' of its day, plunging France into near financial and political ruin before becoming the crowning achievement of America under President Theodore Roosevelt, ushering in an era of global trade and prosperity. All Panama Canal itineraries are included from Florida to the Mexican Riviera with port maps showing how to get from your ship to all the shore attractions with detail on getting around independantly or by ship tours. Several maps show each part of the transit of Panama Canal and with detail and photos of each lock.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781927747124
Publisher:	Ocean Cruise Guides Ltd.
Publication date:	03/30/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	914,631
File size:	38 MB
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About the Author

Veteran cruise writer Anne Vipond, author of several books on cruising describes this destination with concise and helpful detail for passengers wanting to maximize their time at each port of call. Anne has written for many magazines and newspapers in North America and several books for publishers in Europe.