[DOC] [TLE] Panama Canal - Wikipedia [PAR] The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panam) is an artificial 48-mile (77 km) 
waterway in .... The Panama Railway was built by the United States to cross the 
isthmus and ... greatly facilitating trade and largely determining the later canal 
route. ... and Importance of a Ship Canal to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific 
Oceans. [DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Question, SOUTH AMERICA - TriviaBistro.com [PAR] Jeopardy Question: SOUTH AMERICA - This Chilean strait was an important 
shipping route before the building of the Panama Canal. [DOC] [TLE] Strait of Magellan | channel, South America | Britannica.com [PAR] Feb 20, 2015 ... Lying entirely within Chilean territorial waters, except... ... Strait of Magellan, 
Spanish Estrecho de Magallanes, channel linking ... The strait's major port is 
Punta Arenas, on the Brunswick Peninsula; the port is a shipping point for 
Chilean mutton. ... sailing-ship route before the building of the Panama Canal... [DOC] [TLE] Strait of Magellan - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Feb 25, 2009 ... The strait was an important sailing-ship route before 1914 and the .... Punta 
Arenas Chile, the most prominent settlement on the Strait of ... Until the Panama 
Canal was finished in 1914, the Strait of Magellan ... The 1984 treaty reaffirmed 
the need to promote economic relations as the building blocks for a... [DOC] [TLE] Strait of Magellan - Australis [PAR] www.australis.com. Strait of. Magellan. CAPE HORN & PATAGONIA. AUSTRALIS 
... sea route to Asia and ... with only one ship and 18 men, having completed the 
... Ladrilleros sailed from Valdivia (Chile) and made a ... Felipe was built was then 
named Port Famine, a ... of the Panama Canal (1914), the Strait of Magellan. [DOC] [TLE] 7 Fascinating Facts About the Panama Canal - History in the ... [PAR] Aug 15, 2014 ... The 50-mile-long passage created an important shortcut for ships; after the ... 
eventually decided that construction of a ship canal was impossible. ... De 
Lesseps intended to build the canal at sea level, without locks, like ... American 
ships use the canal the most, followed by those from China, Chile, Japan,... [DOC] [TLE] Rounding Cape Horn - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] May 7, 2011 ... The route around the Horn was an important path for trade and passenger ... 
Before the completion of the Panama Canal, ships had to "round the Horn" in ... 
who came to California in 1839 with a dream of building an agricultural empire. 
.... and Chile delimiting Tierra del Fuego and the Straits of Magellan... [DOC] [TLE] Panama Canal - Caribbean Atlas [PAR] Today this canal, soon to celebrate its centenary, is both saturated by the ... from 
the Viceroyalty of Peru (Potosi) was unloaded at Panama before crossing the ... 
galleons in the Caribbean Sea or where the latter exists via the Florida Strait. ..... 
shipping companies to take the detour route around the Cape of Good Hope, 
who... [DOC] [TLE] Lighthouses of Southern Chile [PAR] The Strait did not become an important shipping route until around that time, ... 
The station building was built in 2006; Paula Giraudi has a photo of the work in ... 
until the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, the strait was the preferred route 
for ..... Cabo Raper through the open Pacific before returning to the inside route. [DOC] [TLE] Strategic Maritime Passages - Hofstra University [PAR] The location of strategic oil and mineral resources shapes maritime routes for ... 
The most important strategic maritime passages are known as chokepoints (or ... 
The Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of .... and 
the technical difficulties of trying to build a sea level canal where it could not be... [DOC] [TLE] The Panama Canal turns 100: history and possible future scenarios [PAR] Republic of Panama and subsequent major events, ... But long before the canal 
was built, Panama was a natural route for the ... impact of the new route, both on 
trade and on the shipping industry .... the Panama Canal is 7,836 nautical miles; 
via the Strait of ..... like Ecuador, Chile, Peru

Question: This Chilean strait was an important shipping route before the building of the Panama Canal
Answer: Strait of Magellan