Through Zeeland Canals to Rotterdam in a Steamer
A narrator travels from Antwerp to Rotterdam by small steamer through Zeeland canals, noting village girls, gold helmets, and Dutch life. The voyage passes locks, dunes, and windmills, ending with impressions of Rotterdam’s parks, markets, and urban calm reminiscent of Philadelphia.
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Antwerp
Rotterdam
Zeeland
Oosster Skelt
Verdronken
Keeten
Schelde
Maas
Krammer
Volkerak
Hollandsch Diep
Dorsche
Prince of Orange
Merwede
Holland
Dort
Dordrecht
London
France
Copenhagen
Erasmus
Europe
Philadelphia
New York
St. Lawrence’s Church
Through the Panama Canal on the First Atlantic to Pacific Crossing
A vivid imagined voyage across the yet unfinished Panama Canal from Colon to Balboa. Describes Gatun locks, Gatun dam and lake, Culebra Cut, Miraflores locks, and Balboa, with views of forts, towns, ships, and the engineering marvels guiding world commerce.
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Colon
C. Z
Panama Canal
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Atlantic
Great Canal
Canal
Panama
Porto Bello
Mediterranean
Margarita Island
Toro Point
Colon Harbor
Bay of Limon
Washington Hotel
Uncle Sam
United States
Europe
Latin America
Cristobal
Columbus
Eugenie
San Blas
Gatun Lake
Tiger Hill
Lion Hill
Gatun
Chasres
Chagres
Bohio
Frijoles
Chagresito
Tabernilla
Juan Grande
Panama Railway
Gamboa
Culebra
Gold Hill
Pedro Miguel
Miraflores Lake
Miraflores
Pacific Ocean
Ancon Hill
Balboa
Naos
Perico
Tobago Island
Japan
Ocean Channel
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Penn
Quay Aly Antweiep
Slrelt
Alt Delel
E. WC Dickard