2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Cornelius Vanderbilt's transit company that operated a cross-Nicaragua route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans — before the Panama Canal — which was one of Vanderbilt's most profitable enterprises and which he fought to control against William Walker and his own business partners.
American shipping and railroad magnate who built a fortune in steamship lines and then pivoted to railroads — building the New York Central Railroad — becoming the richest man in America and the founder of the Vanderbilt family dynasty.