PANAMA ISTHMUS. 5 proposed canal/Rail routes. , 1849 map
'Isthmus of Panama'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Map drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin; vignette illustrations drawn by H Warren & engraved by J Wrightson. Published by John Tallis & Co. Provenance: "The British Colonies' their history, extent, condition and resources", by Montgomery Martin Esq. Published by John Tallis & Company, London & New York. Type: Antique steel engraved print with decorative border. The map indicates, in pink, five routes for "proposed railway and canal communications" connecting the Atlantic/Caribbean & Pacific oceans. Two of the proposed routes pass through Panama; two through Nicaragua, and one through present day Venezuela. The Venezuela route connects the Gulf of Darien to the Pacific mainly using existing rivers. One of the two Panama routes is close to the existing Panama Canal which was eventually opened in 1914; the other Panama route connects the Gulf of St Blas to the Bay of Panama utilising Rio Chepo. The proposed Nicaragua routes both use Lake Nicaragua, the Mosquito River & Rio San Juan. At the time of writing, construction is scheduled to start in 2016 on a Chinese financed inter-oceanic waterway through Nicaragua, utilising much of the same route - 167 years after the map was published. Vignettes: The fort at Chagre; Gold seekers on their way over the cordilleras.
Size: 4085px × 3142px
Location: Panama
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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