List of Books and of Articles in Periodicals Relating to Interoceanic Canal and Railway Routes: (Nicaragua; Panama, Darien, and the Valley of the Atrato; Tehuantepec and Honduras; Suez Canal).

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 - Canals, Interoceanic - 174 pages

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Page 155 - India, being desirous to facilitate the construction of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by whatever route may be considered expedient...
Page 156 - An Act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans...
Page 66 - Account of Levellings carried across the Isthmus of Panama, to ascertain the relative Height of the Pacific Ocean at Panama, and of the Atlantic at the mouth of the River Chagres ; accompanied by Geographical and Topographical Notices of the Isthmus.
Page 23 - 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; Surveyed for the American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company.
Page 25 - Canada by land carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon between the Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United States. Citizens of the United States may for the like period carry in United States...
Page 108 - The Highway of Egypt : is it the Suez Canal, or any other route between the Mediterranean and Red Sea ? pp.
Page 104 - DANCE (Rev. CD). Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela. With Three Illustrations and a Map. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 7$.
Page 108 - PRÉTOT (PL). ^Reconnaissance de l'Isthme et du Canal de Suez, par le général en chef Bonaparte, et établissement des Français, sous sa conduite, sur divers points de cette contrée en 1798 et 1799. 2" édit., avec quelques augmentations, pp.
Page 62 - Granada for the purpose of effectually protecting by suitable treaty stipulations with them, such individuals or companies as may undertake to open a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the construction of a ship canal across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and of securing forever...
Page 54 - L'ISTHME DE PANAMA. Examen historique et géographique des différentes directions suivant lesquelles on pourrait le percer , et des moyens à y employer ; suivi d'un aperçu sur l'Isthme de Suez.

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