Item #:40679
Isthmus of Darien Ship Canal.
Cullen, Dr. (Edward).
Effingham Wilson, ( 1853), London
xii, 204, (12 adverts) pp. b/w folding lithograph frontispiece, and folding maps.
Price: $200
Isthmus of Darien Ship Canal.
Cullen, Dr. (Edward).
Effingham Wilson, ( 1853), London
xii, 204, (12 adverts) pp. b/w folding lithograph frontispiece, and folding maps.
Price: $200
Second edition, much enlarged… With a Full History of the Scotch Colony of Darien, Several Maps, Views of the Country, and Original Documents. Treatise on the long-held dream of a canal linking Atlantic and Pacific oceans, with fascinating chapters on the original Darien colony, the Darien Indians, and many references to earlier expeditions. Ex-libris American Natural History Museum, with their oval stamp on title page and several other pages. Bound in original publisher’s crimson cloth with gold lettering, rebacked to match. Very good condition.
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