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SCOUT· 23%58m·2025-12-09·History428 America's Forgotten Quest to Link Two Oceans
Ben Franklin's World
In the 1820s, American entrepreneurs, engineers, and politicians dared to dream big. They believed they could cut a canal, not through Panama, but through the wild, rain-soaked terrain of Nicaragua. Their goal: To link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and transform global trade forever. But what inspired these…
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