The Panama scandals was a corruption affair that broke out in the French Third Republic in 1892, linked to a French company's failed attempt at constructing a Panama Canal. Close to half a billion fra
A caricature on the scandal. It reads: "Few new toys this year: we're liquidating everything that remains of the stock of marionnettes that say: Papa, -Nana, -Mama, -Panama."
1891 Panama Canal Company Liquidation Court Trial in Paris, France
In 1513 the Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa first crossed the Isthmus of Panama. When the narrow nature of the Isthmus became generally known, European powers noticed the possibility to dig
Miraflores Locks in 2004
Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French originator of the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal.
Part de Fondateur of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama, issued 29 November 1880
Share of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama, issued 29. November 1880 – signed by Ferdinand de Lesseps