IOTL: The Suez canal was finished in 1869, and the Panama Canal in 1914.
Challenge: With a POD after 1789, have a canal across Central America/Southern Mexico occur prior to a Canal connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea.
I'm fairly loose which what are acceptable canals, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, ,Panama, or anywhere in between are all acceptable as well as canals connecting the Med with either the Gulf of Suez or the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat.
(As an example: For Want of a Nail doesn't have Kramer Associates open the Guatemala Canal until 1878)
Challenge: With a POD after 1789, have a canal across Central America/Southern Mexico occur prior to a Canal connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea.
I'm fairly loose which what are acceptable canals, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, ,Panama, or anywhere in between are all acceptable as well as canals connecting the Med with either the Gulf of Suez or the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat.
(As an example: For Want of a Nail doesn't have Kramer Associates open the Guatemala Canal until 1878)