The Nicaragua CanalHarper & brothers, 1900 - 334 pages |
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alligator American Atlantic Aztecs bank Belt bill birds breakwater buildings built cacao called Camp Canal Company canoe caretta Castillo Central America cents Chanchos chief Chinandega Chontales color concession conquest construction Corinto Costa Rica covered densely distance dredges eastern engineering excavation feet high flowers forest Granada Greytown ground harbor of Greytown head hills Indian inhabitants island jaguar jicara Lake Managua Lake Nicaragua land Leon Lock Masaya Matagalpa Medeira Menocal ment miles long Mombacho Momotombo monkey Mosquito coast mountain mouth Nahuatls natives NICARAGUA CANAL ocean Ometepec Pacific coast party peaks plaza President priests railroad rain Rivas rock route San Carlos San Juan River Segovia Senate shore side smoke Spaniards Spanish species Squier steamers stone stream surface Tezcatlipoca tion Tipitapa Tonacatecuhtli Toro Rapids town trachyte tramp trees twenty United vessels volcanic women