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Map Profile of route across Isthmus of Panama annexed to map 41-13 : From the Porto Velo Road down the River Chagres to the Atlantic : from Panama to the bank of the Chagres along the Porto Bello Road From the Porto Velo Road down the River Chagres to the Atlantic / From Panama to the bank of the Chagres along the Porto Bello Road

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Title

  • Profile of route across Isthmus of Panama annexed to map 41-13 : From the Porto Velo Road down the River Chagres to the Atlantic : from Panama to the bank of the Chagres along the Porto Bello Road

Other Title

  • From the Porto Velo Road down the River Chagres to the Atlantic
  • From Panama to the bank of the Chagres along the Porto Bello Road

Names

  • Douglass, David Bates, 1790-1849, cartographer, collector

Created / Published

  • [Panama] : David Bates Douglass, [1838]

Contents

  • From the Porto Velo Road down the River Chagres to the Atlantic -- From Panama to the bank of the Chagres along the Porto Bello Road.

Headings

  • -  Chagres River (Panama)--Maps
  • -  Panama Canal (Panama)--Maps
  • -  Panama--Maps
  • -  Panama--Chagres River
  • -  Panama--Panama Canal

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  This elevation plan covers a right hand panel entitled "From Panama to the Bank of the Chagres along the Porto Bello Road".
  • -  Also, shows a plan of elevations across Isthmus of Panama along the Porto Bello Road from Panama City to the Atlantic (Caribbean) Coast.
  • -  Title from verso.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, lead pencil, and brown and blue wash.
  • -  LC Luso-Hispanic World, 640
  • -  Plan is related to map entitled "No. 1. Pen map of Rivers Chagres & Rio Grande", deparately described.
  • -  At upper left in black ink: No. 3. Major David B. Douglass, C.E., about 1838.
  • -  On cloth backing in lead pencil: Library, U.S. Dept. of State. Profile of route across Isthmus of Panama annexed to map 41-13.
  • -  Imperfect: Staining throughtout, 2 sheets mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 2 manuscript profiles on 1 sheet : color ; 15 x 69 cm and 15 x 57 cm, sheet 15 x 126 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4872.C5 1838 .D6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021586104

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Douglass, David Bates, Cartographer, Collector. Profile of route across Isthmus of Panama annexed to map 41-13: From the Porto Velo Road down the River Chagres to the Atlantic: from Panama to the bank of the Chagres along the Porto Bello Road. [Panama: David Bates Douglass, 1838] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021586104/.

APA citation style:

Douglass, D. B. (1838) Profile of route across Isthmus of Panama annexed to map 41-13: From the Porto Velo Road down the River Chagres to the Atlantic: from Panama to the bank of the Chagres along the Porto Bello Road. [Panama: David Bates Douglass] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021586104/.

MLA citation style:

Douglass, David Bates, Cartographer, Collector. Profile of route across Isthmus of Panama annexed to map 41-13: From the Porto Velo Road down the River Chagres to the Atlantic: from Panama to the bank of the Chagres along the Porto Bello Road. [Panama: David Bates Douglass, 1838] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021586104/>.