Opis: Chile - Maitland Francis J. G.

Excerpt from Chile: Its Land and People, the History, Natural Features, Development and Industrial Resources, of a Great South American Republic

But a few years ago, a railway, constructed by British engineering skill, pierced the summit of the mighty Andes, beneath the Uspallata Pass, and so, for the first time, united Chile directly, by land, with the Atlantic Ocean. That was an event of national importance to the country with which these pages deal. But it has been followed by another, compared with which the completion of the Transandine Railway was but a small thing. Only a short time ago, the thin barrier of natural rock, that still separated the waters of the Atlantic from the newly made channel of the Panama Canal, was blasted by a dynamite charge. Before many days have passed, a similar operation will have been performed at the Pacific end of the channel. Then, henceforth, the Americas will no longer divide the waters of two oceans. Atlantic and Pacific will have been made one - and, for the countries washed by the western waters, a new era is inaugurated. These events are my justification for an unpretentious book, which, while it renews in me memories of much generous hospitality and of many happy Chilean days, may yet prove interesting to the general reader, to the occasional tourist, and also, I hope, to that shrewder class of English business man, who with eyes open to the possibilities of a land of unbounded promise, will not be content to leave uncontested its exploitation to either his American or German competitor.

In the preparation of this work, valuable assistance has been rendered by Mr. Percy Allen, who has supplied much of the historical material, and has devoted great care to passing the proofs through the press.

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Szczegóły: Chile - Maitland Francis J. G.

Nazwa: Chile Its Land and People, the History, Natural Features, Development and Industrial Resources, of a Great South American Republic (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Maitland Francis J. G.
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330119204
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 358
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Chile - Maitland Francis J. G.