RARE ORIGINAL 1852 MAP OF THE PROPOSED PLAN OF THE DARIEN SHIP NAVIGATION CANAL IN NEW GRANADA (PRESENT DAY PANAMA)

DATED 1853 AT BOTTOM LEFT

PUBLISHED BY-SAUNDERS AND STANTON, LIONEL GISBORNE

RARE AND VERY DETAILED 1852 MAP PLAN OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED SHIP CANAL ROUTE THROUGH PANAMA. MAP SHOWS THE SECTION PLAN WITH ROUTE PLAN SHOWN IN RED LINE AND A SECTIONAL VIEW AT BOTTOM. ALSO SHOWN ARE TOWNSHIPS/VILLAGES, WATERWAYS, BAYS, AND HARBORS. THE AREA WAS SURVEYED BY LIONEL GISBORNE UNDER GREAT BRITAIN BUT THE CANAL PLAN WAS LATER SCRAPPED FOR THE MORE ECONOMICAL ROUTE THAT EXISTS TODAY. 

VERY DETAILED AND RARE CANAL PROPOSAL PLAN

MEASURES 14.5 X 9.5 INCHES ENTIRE SHEET

GOOD CONDITION, DISCOLORATION, CREASES AS ISSUED, SMALL TEAR AT LEFT CREASE