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[[Image:Panama_Canal_Rough_Diagram.png|thumb|right|200px|Map of the Panama Canal]]
A canal in the [[Isthmus of Panama]]. Completed in 1914, it was built by the Americans under President [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
A canal in the [[Isthmus of Panama]]. Completed in 1914, it was built by the Americans under President [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
[[Image:Panama_Canal_Miraflores_Locks.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Miraflores locks]]
The French had already attempted to build a canal through the isthmus, but ended their attempt after 22,000 of them died, mostly due to yellow fever. Some 5,609 Americans died in the subsequent successful attempt to build the canal, the lower number reflecting medical advances of the time. The canal was not just an engineering, but also a medical triumph, as U. S. Army physician [[Walter Reed]] identified the mosquito ''Aedes aegypti'' as the carrier of yellow fever. Mosquito-control measures limited the spread of infection and made it possible to complete the work.
The French had already attempted to build a canal through the isthmus, but ended their attempt after 22,000 of them died, mostly due to yellow fever. Some 5,609 Americans died in the subsequent successful attempt to build the canal, the lower number reflecting medical advances of the time. The canal was not just an engineering, but also a medical triumph, as U. S. Army physician [[Walter Reed]] identified the mosquito ''Aedes aegypti'' as the carrier of yellow fever. Mosquito-control measures limited the spread of infection and made it possible to complete the work.