Its canal is becoming the backbone of a transoceanic logistics network.
"It is possible to build a transoceanic missile right now," said one official at the time, "but we don't know whether it will land in Spain, Portugal or France".
Transcontinental and transoceanic phone calls could become as cheap as local ones.
Sickness, hunger and Indian attacks killed roughly one in four of the little band that created the commercial and military core of a transoceanic empire.The graves have been uncovered in the preparations for the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.
These are evident in the fish's speed (up to 70kph) and extreme swimming efficiency, evolution having honed its body to reduce drag and thus conserve strength during transoceanic migrations.
I, for one, would rather give up the fancy perks of an up-market hotel than face a transoceanic red-eye flight in economy class.
In 1934 DLH began the world's first scheduled transoceanic flights between Germany and South America but its other experiments in transatlantic and trans-Asian routes were cut short by the outbreak of World War II.
TransAtlantic, Colum McCann's follow-up to his National Book Award-winning Let the Great World Spin (2009), also spanned generations and even continents, telling the story of three transoceanic voyages and bringing together the histories of the U.S. and Ireland and the lives of the individual men and women that made those histories.
In World War II, without counting transoceanic shipment, fuel made up half the resupply and replacement needs of U.S. forces in Europe.
Advances in tracking technologies include the use of satellite tags that continuously beam a signal to orbiting satellites whenever the shark surfaces and in that manner reveal north-south movements, transoceanic movements, and roaming and migratory patterns that are beginning to be understood for many species.
In 1906 Alexanderson completed his alternator, which in the ensuing years greatly improved transoceanic communication and firmly established the wireless as an important tool in shipping and warfare.
