Report on interoceanic canals and railroads
by Davis, Charles H
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. 8vo, pp, 37, [3]; 14 folding maps with hand colored details in red; black cloth, upper board replaced and spine crudely rebacked, with original spine laid down. Maps 1 and 5 with tears in the gutter, and map 7 with a hole at crease and iron burning around it. Light foxing throughout; spine chipped. A record of a variety of proposals made to build canals throughout South America, including the Panama Canal.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48077
- Title
- Report on interoceanic canals and railroads
- Author
- Davis, Charles H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- , Panama , Canals ,
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- Gutter
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- Cloth
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- Rebacked
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- Spine
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