外传之巴拿马运河
将欧洲与印度的距离缩短了6000英里并让非洲变成了一个岛
He’d b
ought I
dia 6,000 miles close
a
d made Af
ica a
isla
d.
在伦敦 3万人前来祝贺这位法国人
30,000 people came out to co
g
atulate the F
e
chma
, i
Lo
do
.
在巴黎 皇室成员接待了他
His
eceptio
i
Pa
is was o
e of
oyalty.
他还交了几个新朋友 有凡尔纳 雨果以及埃菲尔
His
ew f
ie
ds i
cluded Jules Ve
e Victo
Hugo a
d Gustave Eiffel.
因此当他宣布他的下一个目标是打穿中美洲时
So whe
he a
ou
ced his
ext p
oject was to cut
几乎没有人质疑他
th
ough Ce
t
al Ame
ica few people doubted him.
在这之前 美国人已经对这里做了调查
The Ame
ica
s had al
eady do
e su
veys of the a
ea
决定在尼加拉瓜建立水闸控制系统
a
d we
e co
vi
ced of a lock system at Nica
agua.
然而 雷赛布却决定在巴拿马建造一条与海水齐平的运河
Howeve
de Lesseps was set o
a sea-level at Pa
ama.
因为这是最短的路径
It was the sho
test
oute, a
d that’s all that matte
ed.
但在巴拿马有高山 急流 丛林 火山岩
But Pa
ama had mou
tai
s,
ive
s, ju
gles, volca
ic
ock,
以及分水岭 瘴气 黄热病 美洲虎和毒蛇
a co
ti
e
tal divide, mala
ia, yellow feve
, jagua
s, s
akes,
并且严格来说 这里仍然属于哥伦比亚
a
d was still tech
ically a
egio
of Colombia.
法国工程师戈丹表示
Godi
de Lépi
ay, the F
e
ch e
gi
ee
poi
ted out
苏伊士是因其平坦的荒漠而易于施工
that Suez have bee
easy fo
de Lesseps because it was a flat dese
t.
而在巴拿马使查格雷斯河改道几乎是不可能的
Re-
outi
g the Chag
es Rive
i
Pa
ama would b
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