Moving earth and rising waters
Engineering the impossible
Biogeography and evolutionary oddities
The cultural geography of languages and borders
YOUR GOAL
Master of Volcanoes, pirates, and swimming pigs of the Caribbean basin
schopenhauer The Maya constructed elevated stone roads called sacbeob to connect distant cities through dense jungles.
schopenhauer Jamaica's infamous pirate haven sank into the sea during a catastrophic 1692 earthquake.
schopenhauer Build these impossible structures to learn how engineers conquered the region's wildest geography.
Panama Canal: Ships traveling through the Panama Canal actually transit from west to east to go from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships. Completed in 1914, the Panama Canal connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Central American isthmus.
Which body of water does the Panama Canal bypass to save ships from sailing around South America?
What physical phenomenon caused Port Royal's sandy ground to sink during the 1692 earthquake?
What catastrophic event caused the pirate haven of Port Royal, Jamaica, to sink in 1692?
Why did the ancient Maya coat their elevated stone highways in white plaster?