Episode 428: Jessica Lepler, America’s Forgotten Quest to Link Two Oceans In the 1820s, Americans dared to dream big. They believed they could cut a canal through the wild, rain-soaked terrain of Nicaragua. This is their story.

In the 1820s, Americans thought a canal across Nicaragua was inevitable.
They were wrong.

Canal dreamers, revolutions, and rainforest disasters—this story has it all.

🎧 @lizcovart.bsky.social dives in with historian Jessica Lepler

🔗 www.benfranklinsworld.com/428

#history #EarlyAmerica #BFWpod

Episode 428: Jessica Lepler, America’s Forgotten Quest to Link Two Oceans In the 1820s, Americans dared to dream big. They believed they could cut a canal through the wild, rain-soaked terrain of Nicaragua. This is their story.

In the 1820s, Americans thought a canal across Nicaragua was inevitable.
They were wrong.

Canal dreamers, revolutions, and rainforest disasters—this story has it all.

🎧 @lizcovart.bsky.social dives in with historian Jessica Lepler

🔗 www.benfranklinsworld.com/428

#history #EarlyAmerica #BFWpod

Episode 428: Jessica Lepler, America’s Forgotten Quest to Link Two Oceans In the 1820s, Americans dared to dream big. They believed they could cut a canal through the wild, rain-soaked terrain of Nicaragua. This is their story.

In the 1820s, Americans thought a canal across Nicaragua was inevitable.
They were wrong.

Canal dreamers, revolutions, and rainforest disasters—this story has it all.

🎧 @lizcovart.bsky.social dives in with historian Jessica Lepler

🔗 www.benfranklinsworld.com/428

#history #EarlyAmerica #BFWpod