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Map Map and profile of the route for the construction of a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans across the isthmus in the state of Nicaragua, Central America

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Title

  • Map and profile of the route for the construction of a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans across the isthmus in the state of Nicaragua, Central America

Names

  • Childs, O. W. (Orville Whitmore), 1803-1870, cartographer.
  • Fay, J. D. (John D.)
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector.
  • American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company

Created / Published

  • New York : J. & D. Major's Lith., [1851?]

Headings

  • -  Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua)--Maps
  • -  Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua)--Charts, diagrams, etc
  • -  Nicaragua--Nicaragua Canal

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Includes profile.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  LC copy signed on verso: Millard Fillmore. Panama: An Exhibition in Five Parts ([Washington, Library of Congress, 1978]), page 3. Sectioned into 72 and mounted on cloth, folded to 21 x 16 cm.
  • -  Exhibited in G&M exhibit "In Search of a Canal Route."

Medium

  • 1 map ; 81 x 279 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4851.P53 1851 .C4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018588048

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Childs, O. W. , Cartographer, J. D Fay, Millard Fillmore, and American Atlantic And Pacific Ship Canal Company. Map and profile of the route for the construction of a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans across the isthmus in the state of Nicaragua, Central America. [New York: J. & D. Major's Lith., ?, 1851] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588048/.

APA citation style:

Childs, O. W., Fay, J. D., Fillmore, M. & American Atlantic And Pacific Ship Canal Company. (1851) Map and profile of the route for the construction of a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans across the isthmus in the state of Nicaragua, Central America. [New York: J. & D. Major's Lith., ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588048/.

MLA citation style:

Childs, O. W. , Cartographer, et al. Map and profile of the route for the construction of a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans across the isthmus in the state of Nicaragua, Central America. [New York: J. & D. Major's Lith., ?, 1851] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018588048/>.