MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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dangerous tidal waves
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food storage
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It made travel way faster because they could cut through panama instead of going all the way around South America.
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It gave them a nice view
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ships sailing between the east and west coasts of the United States, which otherwise would be obliged to round Cape Horn in South America, shorten their voyage by about 8, 000 nautical miles (15, 000 km) by using the canal.
Detailed explanation-2: -More than a century ago, the opening of the Panama Canal revolutionized international trade by making it much quicker and easier to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Panama Canal was built to lower the distance, cost, and time it took for ships to carry cargo between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Before the canal, ships would have to go around the entire continent of South America.
Detailed explanation-4: -When the canal was completed in 1914, ships no longer had to round Cape Horn to travel between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. This shortened the voyage between the east and west coasts of the United States by some 8, 000 nautical miles.”-World Digital Library.