Page 3a., 05/22/1879-05/22/1879

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: 55777

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

(Folder 1) Contains the first folio of the scrapbook, pp.1-20. Pages 1a and 1b are blank.

Dates

05/22/1879-05/22/1879

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains insert originally attached to (but torn from) p.3. Headline: "The Inter-Oceanic Canal" (New York Daily Graphic, 5/22/1879). Full-page article describing the various rival routes proposed across S. America to join the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Includes drawings of maps and of Ferdinand de Lesseps. References and maps of the Nicaragua Route, the Panama Route, the Chepo San Blas Route, and the Tehuantepec Route. A cross section diagram of the San Blas tunnel is also shown.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

INTEROCEANIC CANAL: ROUTES P.3A: Printed Item

LESSEPS, FERDINAND DE: LITHOGRAPH (PRN) P.3A: Printed Item

NICARAGUA ROUTE: DESCRIPTION & MAP P.3A: Printed Item

PANAMA ROUTE - DESCRIPTION & MAP P.3A: Printed Item

SAN BLAS ROUTE & TUNNEL - DESCRIPTION, MAP, DIAGRAM P.3A: Printed Item

CHEPO-SAN BLAS ROUTE - SEE: SAN BLAS ROUTE: Printed Item

TEHUANTEPEC ROUTE - DESCRIPTION & MAP P.3A: Printed Item

NICARAGUA CANAL: SEE ALSO - NICARAGUA ROUTE: Printed Item

NICARAGUA ROUTE: SEE ALSO - NICARAGUA CANAL: Printed Item