With a canal across Central America, ships could sail directly from ocean to ocean. They would not have to make the long, costly voyage around the southern end of South America.
有了中美洲的运河，船只就能够从这个大洋直接到另一个大洋，再也不必费时费力费钱地绕过南美洲的最南端。
H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Pringle Stokes and accompanied by the Adventure, a storage ship commanded by Captain Phillip Parker King, set sail on its first survey mission to South America.
英国舰队贝格尔号在普林格尔 斯托克的率领下，会同由菲利普 帕克 金指挥的开拓号储藏船，出发执行她的第一次南美考察任务。
He had been invited to be a naturalist aboard H.M.S. Beagle on its two year survey of South America (later extended to five years) and was set to sail on 25 September.
他已经以博物学家的身份被邀请参加英国舰队贝格尔号历时两年(后延长至五年)的南美考察，并将于9月25日出发。
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