The largest animal that has ever lived. The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have existed. During the 20th century, the species was an important whaling target and even after it was protected and commercial whaling stopped in 1964, exploitation efforts by the former Soviet Union persisted.
The Erie Canal is the place where the young United States, and its religiosity, ceased looking to the East and the past â Europe and New England â and began looking West and to the future â to a grand unfolding continent.
Brief synthesis. The Grand Canal forms a vast inland waterway system in the north-eastern and central eastern plains of China, passing through eight of the countryâs present-day provinces. It runs from the capital Beijing in the north to Zhejiang Province in the south.