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A new map of Central America shewing the different lines of Atlantic and Pacific communication
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- Creator
- published by J. Disturnell
- Other Title
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- Central America
- Format
- Maps, Atlases
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : J. Disturnell, 1851
- Physical Details
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- 1 map : color ; 57 x 79 cm
- OCLC
- ocm75664321
- Cartographic Data
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Scale approximately 1:3,000,000(W 96°--W 76°/N 18°--N 4°).
- Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and by profile.
- Shows railroads, proposed canals or water communications, common roads, gold and silver mines, major cities and towns.
- Includes text notes, legend, and 5 topographical cross sections.
- "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by J. Disturnell in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
- Insets: Map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of Mexico reduced from the original by order of Dn. José de Garay -- Isthmus of Panama -- Plan of the mouth of the river Coatzacoalcos--A vertical projection upon a plan perpendicular to the meridian--Section 1, across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec--Section 2, from Port St. Juan del Norte to Port Realejo--Section 3, from the Lake Nicaragua to Port San Juan del Sur--Section 4, between Chagres (Atlantic) & Vaca de Monte (Pacific).
- In lower left margin: Lith. of Sarony and Major, 117 Fulton St., N. York.
Subjects
- Railroads -- Central America -- Maps.
- Canals -- Central America -- Maps.
- Gold mines and mining -- Central America -- Maps.
- Silver mines and mining -- Central America -- Maps.
- Central America -- Maps.
- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of (Mexico) -- Maps.
- Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) -- Maps.
- Coatzacoalcos River (Mexico) -- Maps.
- Central America -- Charts, diagrams, etc. -- Maps.