This is a full color edition of the book "Cruising Through the Panama Canal," Revised for 2016-17 that already exists, but with all photographs and maps in black and white. These books are printed by Amazon only when ordered. Thus the printing cost in color is relatively high, necessitating a higher price for sale. But several of my readers have asked that full color editions be made available The Panama Canal, which is now in its second century of operation, is an absolute marvel of engineering. There is an elegance to the way in which the locks operate to lift ships from the sea to the man-made cut and artificial lake at an elevation of 85 feet above sea level. And after making the transit, crossing the Continental Divide, locks lower ships back down to sea level on the other side. Today there are now new locks on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the canal to enable even larger ships to make the transit and thus save thousands of miles or kilometers on their trans oceanic vo . CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK FOR FREE