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Interoceanic Route

United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1846Date range
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Chronological records

1846

James Knox Polk12 December 1846

Panama Transit Route · Government / Democratic Party Government

Polk administration treats the Panama route as a strategic interoceanic connection

Names involved

James Knox Polk

Provenance

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