Which iconic pink-colored bird relies on Bonaire's salt pans for food?
Chapter 1
Moving earth and rising waters
Chapter 2
Engineering the impossible
Chapter 3
Biogeography and evolutionary oddities
Chapter 4
The cultural geography of languages and borders
Ch 2 · Engineering the impossible
schopenhauer The Maya constructed elevated stone roads called sacbeob to connect distant cities through dense jungles.
Fun Fact
Panama Canal: Ships traveling through the Panama Canal actually transit from west to east to go from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
schopenhauer Jamaica's infamous pirate haven sank into the sea during a catastrophic 1692 earthquake.
Glossary
canal (noun)
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.
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.
BETA
schopenhauer Build these impossible structures to learn how engineers conquered the region's wildest geography.
Quiz
Which body of water does the Panama Canal bypass to save ships from sailing around South America?
Quiz
What physical phenomenon caused Port Royal's sandy ground to sink during the 1692 earthquake?
Quiz
What catastrophic event caused the pirate haven of Port Royal, Jamaica, to sink in 1692?