© Dr. Galen Royer Frysinger
South America
Iguaçu Falls or Iguassú Falls, waterfall on the border of Argentina and Brazil
Steelpans (also known as steel drums or pans, and sometimes, collectively with
other musicians, as a steel band or orchestra) is a musical instrument originating
from The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Steel pan musicians are called pannists.
The Panama Canal is an artificial transportation
waterway, built during 1904-1914, that serves as a
transport canal for international trade, recreational
use and irrigation purposes. To this purpose, it reduces
the long distance travel of cargo ships because it
connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, thereby
reducing their journeys by thousands of miles. The
canal, a.k.a. “Big Ditch”, is regarded as the eighth man-
made wonder of the world due to its size and the large
volume of shipping vessels it can accommodate.