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Two Canals That Shrank the World: Suez (1869) and Panama (1914) 🚢 · XDL

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Two Canals That Shrank the World: Suez (1869) and Panama (1914) 🚢

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Loved the historical maps used here!
The visuals made the timeline so clear!