<P> The idea of the Panama canal dates back to the 1513 discovery of the isthmus by Vasco Núñez de Balboa . The narrow land bridge between North and South America houses the Panama Canal , a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans . The earliest European colonists recognized this potential , and several proposals for a canal were made . </P>
<P> The idea of the Panama canal dates back to the 1513 discovery of the isthmus by Vasco Núñez de Balboa . The narrow land bridge between North and South America houses the Panama Canal , a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans . The earliest European colonists recognized this potential , and several proposals for a canal were made . </P>
who had the first idea about the panama canal
who had the first idea about the panama canal
The earliest European colonists
The earliest European colonists