During the 1880s, following completion of the 105-mile Suez Canal, French entrepreneur Ferdinand DeLesseps poured billions of francs and 25,000 lives into an unsuccessful attempt to build a sea-level canal through Panama. The French effort was thwarted by disease, unreliable machinery, and almost a billion cubic yards of rock that stood in the way.
In 1879, Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps, the builder of the Suez Canal proposed a sea level canal through Panama. With the success he had with the construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt just ten years earlier, de Lesseps was confident he would complete the water circle around the world. Time and mileage would be dramatically reduced when traveling from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean or vice versa. For example, it would save a total of 18,000 miles on a trip from New York to San Francisco.
Although de Lesseps was not an engineer, he was appointed chairman for the construction of the Panama Canal. Upon taking charge, he organized an International Congress to discuss several schemes for constructing a ship canal. De Lesseps opted for a sea-level canal based on the construction of the Suez Canal. He believed that if a sea-level canal worked when constructing the Suez Canal, it must work for the Panama Canal.
B. KANGXI
Perhaps the greatest emperor in Chinese history, Kangxi took charge of the government while still in his teens and reigned for 61 years.
Xuanye was the name of the Kangxi Emperor. He was born in 1654 and his reign as emperor began when he was only 7 years old, from 1661 to 1722. However, his actual rule began when he turned 13 years old.
Answer:
Royal Air Force won the Battle of Britain.
Explanation:
After most of the countries had fallen in 1940, Adolf Hitler prepared the German troops for an invasion of Britain. The battle was called Battle and fought between the Royal Air Force of Britain and the Luftwaffe, the air force of Germany. Back then, Britain was the only country in Western Europe fighting against Nazi Germany. However, the Royal Air Force of Britain refused to surrender and in the end, the plan of invasion of Britain proved futile.
